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koyoteyesterday at 11:21 PM5 repliesview on HN

It almost seems like we need laws that information about public services have to be available on a public website (as opposed to a third-party website that requires registration).

I personally do not know anyone in real life with a twitter account (although I have one, I have not used it in over 15 years), I wonder how many people just go without this information and are angry that it's (seemingly) not available.


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numpad0today at 2:46 AM

There's no way France have no clause in its law everywhere that can be creatively interpreted to be used for that purpose. But that won't get enforced unless there will be a better option than Twitter that average Paris Metro employees understand; they would not be dumb, but they would not care. Average people today can barely grasp the concept of a password.

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quadrifoliatetoday at 2:06 AM

> It almost seems like we need laws that information about public services have to be available on a public website

Won't happen in the US/UK because the governments are in Elon's pockets. Won't happen in the EU because they are incapable of getting anything done.

So unless you're in a jurisdiction other than the above three I wouldn't hold your breath about any laws being passed about this.

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parineumtoday at 1:12 AM

as much as I dislike when people proselytize mastodon, it seems like a very tidy solution to this problem.

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charcircuittoday at 5:43 AM

X is a public site. Anyone is free to make an account.

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