The Guardian leaves X. The British media has announced this morning that Their official accounts will stop publishing on Elon Musk’s social networkjust after the magnate’s entry into the US Administration became official. Readers and journalists of the British media will be able to continue sharing articles from The Guardian through X.
The newspaper considers that the social network brings more “inconveniences than benefits” We believe that the disadvantages of being onoften disturbing content” that are promoted on the platform, including “far-right conspiracy theories and racism.”
The British media has also charged against its owner, Elon Musk, for using the social network to “shape political discourse.” “The US presidential election campaign only served to underscore what we have long considered: that X is a toxic media platform.” This statement comes just after it became known that Elon Musk will lead the Department of Government Efficiency together with Vivek Ramaswamy after the billionaire expressed his affinity for Donald Trump through his social network.
Articles can be shared
The Guardian’s decision to abandon X It will not affect the links shared by the platform: “X users will still be able to share our articles, and due to the nature of the information, we will occasionally embed content from X on our article pages.” The outlet has also pointed out that Your journalists will be able to continue using X to gather news “in the same way they use other social networks in which we do not officially participate.”
Despite having implemented features such as community notes, The arrival of Elon Musk to Twitter has been an earthquake for the social network. After the tortuous purchase carried out in 2022, the billionaire owner of other companies such as Tesla or SpaceX turned the social network upside down: he renamed the platform X, fired hundreds of employees and caused it to lose its valuation by 71%.
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