[sunshine-o]

Simply because if you were to ban this type of platform you wouldn't need Musk to "move it towards the far right" because you would already be the very definition of a totalitarian regime.

But whatever zombie government France is running can't "ban" X anyway because it would get them one step closer to the guillotine. Like in the UK or Germany it is a tinderbox cruising on a 10-20% approval rating.

If "French prosecutor" want to find a child abuse case they can check the Macron couple Wikipedia pages.

[bulbar]

What do you mean with "this type of platform"? Platforms that don't follow (any) national laws have been banned in multiple countries over the years.

By itself this isn't extraordinary in a democracy.

[rvnx]

and France is known for filtering internet access where domains are blocked (over 4000 added per year), including porn, but also news websites

[JumpCrisscross]

> if you were to ban this type of platform you wouldn't need Musk to "move it towards the far right" because you would already be the very definition of a totalitarian regime

Paradox of tolerance. (The American right being Exhibit A for why trying to let sunlight disinfect a corpse doesn’t work.)