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Does it feel like your X account belongs to you and you can do whatever you want with it? That’s not true, according to a new court filing from the social media company formerly known as Twitter. It’s an argument that X is making in order to throw a wrench in The Onion’s recent purchase of InfoWars, the conspiracy theory media company run by Alex Jones. And it’s a great reminder that you don’t actually own what you think you own in the digital age.

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[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 7 points 38 minutes ago

Elon Musk parody accounts no longer required to advertise themselves as parody, since they really are Elon Musk now.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 minutes ago

It’s days like this that I’m just so happy and proud of myself for never doing the whole Twitter thing.

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

He does though. Read the fine print. You are just allowed to use it. Not really surprising.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago (3 children)

That pic, though: Peak American alpha males.

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

It's amazing how many "bro" dudes are riding their dicks.

[–] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

You mean rich spoiled man-children who are nothing more than insecure adolescent tweens going through puberty and having sexually frustrated tantrums because girls just laugh at them, and their narcissism is so all-consuming that their only emotion is disdain and goal in all the world is more and more self-gratification and the insatiable pursuit of total control of everything, because they know deep down they will never ever be the recipients of genuine respect or admiration.

Yeah that's what I thought you said. Slight faux pas.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Fake tan. Fake hair.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 17 points 4 hours ago

It was always this way, on all platforms.

[–] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz 38 points 6 hours ago

The Onion should allow Musk to block the sale of the Twitter handle, then sue Alex Jones for falsely advertising the sale of an account he can't sell and sue Twitter for infringing on their trademark of the InfoWars brand.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 17 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Unrelated but can someone overdose on Ketamine?

[–] Cornpop@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It’s practically impossible sadly. Have to take a absurd amount

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

yes but I think I saw you have to take like 4 grams

[–] leisesprecher@feddit.org 4 points 10 hours ago

Yes, but that means unconsciousness (and later death).

[–] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 99 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

So if X-itter accounts were to threaten persons or places that were in the interest of the state to protect that responsibility lies on Musk?

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 86 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Gee wizz, I don't think you understand Capitalism at all. Musk gets the profits and you get the liability.

[–] hypeerror@sh.itjust.works 19 points 15 hours ago

If only he were also trying to sue advertisers that no longer want to do business with him. It would be the perfect storm of what is good comes to me and what is bad is yours.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 87 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Time to commit crimes with 'our' Twitter account

[–] ohellidk@sh.itjust.works 36 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

upload full length movies on there, newer ones preferably. it's elon's fault since he owns it all.

[–] xor@infosec.pub 3 points 7 hours ago

probably a good tactic

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I hadn't logged into Twitter in years. Just signed in to delete my account. He can have it back.

[–] DarkSpectrum@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

You think it's really deleted in the back end? Adorable

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

...I don't care.

I left Facebook but I left my account a husk. If the last thing they ever know is that I went to Krispy Kreme and got a pumpkin spice donut in 2017, then that's cool with me.

I kept it because occasionally a dude needs a $50 TV and it's the best place to find a used one.

"After eating the donut, the trail goes cold, Mr. Zuckerberg. We just don't know!*

[–] DrDickHandler@lemmy.world 1 points 58 minutes ago

You missed the point, congrats.

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

No, I don't. But that's another data point for them to see people leaving their service.

[–] ZigZagZebra@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago

same, deleted an inactive account.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 57 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They should totally host a mastodon instance at infowars URL

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 9 points 16 hours ago

I've already signed up

[–] superkret@feddit.org 9 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I mean, if someone lets me into their house, points me to a whiteboard with a pen and tells me to write whatever I want so the other people in the house can read it...
Do I own the whiteboard? Or the pen? Or have control over any of it?

No. The owner of the house can lock me out and wipe off or change what I wrote at their leisure.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

A better analogy is i hand you a bullhorn and you shout at randos.

Do i own your words, even though it's my bullhorn? No.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Depends, actually.
If you lend it to me privately, no. If you hand it to me on a stage, kinda yes.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 31 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

You do have some control, in the form of copyright. Also the analogy doesn’t hold up well since you’re not using their “pen” and they only let you reach inside through the window. And the audience is outside the house.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago

And to continue that analogy- Twitter didn't assign the name, the user created it so they hold copyright on the name.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Not mine you faker. I never signed up for any of your crap.

[–] Cris_Color@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ockHHFfZ3b8&t=11

Sorry. It was my immediate first thought. 😅

[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

He does. Same with any other platform you do not “own” your account. You have credentials to login to an account you created.

This should not be news to anyone. This applies to all social media, all entertainment, and every other account you use online.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago

Which is why it's really important to have some trust /reputation if using these services.

Why anyone would use a service run by a fascist entitled madman who literally represents the very worst version of humanity is beyond me and they deserve whatever they get.

[–] bizarroland@fedia.io 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know why you're getting downvoted, you are correct.

The platform owns the platform.

You have given the platform permission to use anything on the platform however they want.

They own the content you put on the platform.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

They own the content you put on the platform.

This will depend on the terms of service agreement. Some of them try to get away with this, while others just give themselves an irrevocable license to use content you publish on their platform.