How aligning with Trump’s new administration lets Meta and X pivot from futile cooperation with the EU and other jurisdictions to confrontation and coercion (David Allen Green/Financial Times)

David Allen Green / Financial Times:
How aligning with Trump’s new administration lets Meta and X pivot from futile cooperation with the EU and other jurisdictions to confrontation and coercion  —  Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength