alt Hacker NewsWait, Twitter is following the law now? I thought Elon was a free speech absolutist who only banned things that were inconvenient to him?
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You can't even read a tweet without logging in. Additionally, recently I have noticed I cannot view anything on GitHub without logging in first. Why do I need to log in to GitHub first to view anything on it? I am sure it has nothing to do with adult content. Perhaps it has to do with bots?
X is weaponising it by asking for adult verification for things that don't need it and saying "oh we are forced to do this" because it angers the Reform-voting meatheads who will be voting for the candidates Musk is going to find a way to bankroll in 2030, even -- I would guess -- if it means breaking UK election law to do it.
He is intent on meddling in UK politics.
Soon after he bought Twitter, it got changed to requiring login to do anything at all. Even before that, Twitter was super eager to ban new accounts for no reason, while old ones seemed to be grandfathered in.
This coincided with tech companies broadly moving to profit-taking over growth. Even before LLMs took off, everything started locking down. Making a Google account used to take nothing, now you need a phone number. It'd be wise to sign up for possibly useful free accounts while you still can.