‘La Vanguardia’ follows in the footsteps of ‘The Guardian’ and abandons X, considering it a “toxic” social network

The diary The Vanguard has decided to stop publishing tweets directly on the social network

This decision comes in the wake of the British newspaper Guardian that this Wednesday he announced to his readers that he was giving up publishing news on his official accounts in “toxic” and arguing that the harms of being in it “they weigh more” Now that the benefits.

In the same way he believes The Vanguardwhich with its decision becomes the first Spanish media that will suspend its accounts on this social network – formerly Twitter – upon seeing it converted into “a platform in which they find a sounding board, the theories of conspiracy and misinformation“.

As detailed in the media owned by the Godó Groupthe recent electoral campaign in the United States or the “lies” that have been spread in relation to the DANA of Valencia have contributed to making this decision as a “necessary gesture”.

The newspaper confirms that ideas that violate human rights, such as hatred of ethnic minorities, misogyny and racism, are part of the viral content that is distributed on X, where they acquire virality and capture more of the users’ time on it. to earn more money from advertising insertions.

Along with the decision to stop publishing on The Vanguard will maintain monitoring of people, entities, companies and institutions on the network in order to promptly inform its readers of messages and debates that may occur on it.

According to The Vanguardsince Musk’s arrival on the network the growing presence of bots on the Internet has multiplied “to the point of ridicule in serious matters” such as the tragedy of the cold drop in Valencia, in which “innumerable bots of Indian origin have participated in public conversations to gain circulation on this social network.

Aside from the editorial decision of The Vanguard If they stop actively using social.

The decision coincides with the announcement by the next president of the United States, Donald Trump, to appoint Elon Musk and a former Republican candidate, Vivek Ramaswamyto lead a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with the aim of making cuts in the US administration.

Recently, the Berlin Film Festival and other institutions such as the North Wales Police Force have also abandoned their presence at United, the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital (RNOH), which argued an “increased volume of hate speech and abusive comments” to leave this platform.