Elon Musk lashes out at EU over ‘illegal’ free speech deal
The European Commission and Elon Musk’s social media site, X, look set to battle over alleged transparency violations. Go to Source
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Elon Musk Exposes Secret EU Censorship Deal Proposal
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has disclosed that the European Commission (EC) offered his social media platform, X, a covert deal to censor speech in exchange for avoiding fines related to its blue check verification system. Musk stated that X declined the deal, unlike other platforms. The EC accused X of noncompliance with the Digital Services … Read more
Bitcoin Proponent Bruce Fenton Calls Out Jack Dorsey Over Censorship Allegations During Twitter Tenure
Over the weekend, a prominent personality in the bitcoin and blockchain sector, Bruce Fenton, addressed Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block, Inc., through a post on the social media platform X. Fenton asserts that Dorsey owes an explanation, as Twitter’s senior leadership has faced accusations of orchestrating one of the most significant acts of censorship in … Read more
Ocean mining pool refutes claims of censoring certain Bitcoin transactions
Dashjr rejected blame for accusations aimed against Ocean and asked Samourai Wallet to fix the bug “on your end.” Go to Source
Lightning devs must ‘wake up’ and fix security bugs, not please VCs: Bitcoin dev
Antoine Riard, who left the Lightning Network in October, argues the Lightning Network is also at risk of becoming increasingly centralized and susceptible to single points of failure and censorship risks. Go to Source
Ethereum OFAC compliance dips to 45% post-Merge upgrade
The list of top censorship offenders is populated by popular platforms such as Binance, Celsius Network, Bitfinex, Ledger Live, Huobi (HTX) and Coinbase. Go to Source
Paypal USD: Boon for Ethereum but not decentralization, says community
Proponents say PayPal’s PYUSD could see Ethereum become the money layer of the internet, while opponents argue that it’ll act like a poorly designed CBDC. Go to Source
Twitter suspends memecoin-linked AI bot after Elon Musk’s ‘scam crypto’ claim
“Explain This Bob,” the popular AI-powered Twitter account also linked to a memecoin, was suspended shortly after Elon Musk alleged it was a “scam.” Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Midjourney AI users find workaround amid ban on Chinese President’s images
Midjourney AI bans the creation of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s images, but users find ways to create deepfakes. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Original Bitcoin Wizard Artist Raises Nearly $150,000 in BTC via Lightning, Despite Criticism From Bitcoin Maximalists
On Monday, crypto proponent Udi Wertheimer shared a story on Twitter explaining how he and the Taproot Wizards helped an artist who created the original 2013 bitcoin wizard meme raise nearly $150,000 in bitcoin. While the minting and sale were successful, Wertheimer explained that bitcoin maximalists and the r/bitcoin moderator Bashco disliked it. Artist Who … Read more