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The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk's X

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The Guardian, a left-leaning newspaper, has decided to stop posting content from its official accounts on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). The decision was made after the US presidential election results, where The Guardian claims that the platform's coverage of the election had exacerbated existing concerns about the spread of far-right conspiracy theories and racism. The Guardian has over 80 accounts on X with approximately 27 million followers, but believes that the benefits of being on the platform no longer outweigh the negatives.

  1. GB
    Guardian
    1. This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.
    2. The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.
    3. We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives.
    4. We wanted to let readers know that we will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X.
    5. Social media can be an important tool for news organisations and help us to reach new audiences but, at this point, X now plays a diminished role in promoting our work. Our journalism is available and open to all on our website and we would prefer people to come to theguardian.com and support our work there.

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sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.The Times of India
  3. 3.France 24
  4. 4.Agence France-Presse
  5. 5.Guardian
  6. 6.National Public Radio
  7. 7.Public Broadcasting Service

perspectives

  1. 1.Tech industry
  2. 2.Social Media
  3. 3.Freedom of Speech
  4. 4.News media
  5. 5.Billionaire
  6. 6.Artificial Intelligence
  7. 7.Twitter Takeover by Elon Musk
  8. 8.Advertising Industry

countries

  1. 1.United KingdomGB

organizations

  1. 1.Twitter/XUS
  2. 2.TeslaUS
  3. 3.Republican Party
  4. 4.Royal National orthopaedic hospital
  5. 5.SpaceXUS

persons

  1. 1.Elon MuskUS
  2. 2.Donald TrumpUS
  3. 3.Vivek RamaswamyUS
  4. 4.Alex JonesUS
  5. 5.Tommy Robinson

technicals

  1. 1.Department of Government Efficiency
  2. 2.Berlin International Film Festival
The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk's X