The Guardian stops posting on Elon Musk’s ‘poisonous’ X | EUROtoday

British newspaper group the Guardian has introduced it’ll now not put up on X, previously Twitter, saying it has develop into a “a toxic media platform”.

In a message to readersit stated the US presidential election “underlined” its considerations that its proprietor, Elon Musk, had been in a position to make use of X to “shape political discourse.”

Mr Musk strongly backed Donald Trump and has now been given a job chopping authorities spending in his incoming administration.

The BBC has contacted X for remark.

The Guardian stated customers would nonetheless be capable to share articles and it was possible proceed to embed X posts in its protection of world occasions.

But it stated the “benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives.”

“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,” it added.

X customers have reacted with vitriol, with those that paid for distinguished replies accusing it of “woke propaganda” and “virtue signalling”.

Mr Musk and the Guardian are removed from political mattress fellows – besides its departure is more likely to intensify questions on whether or not others will observe, as X and Mr Musk align themselves extra with Donald Trump.

Its rivals already seem like benefiting.

Meta’s Threads has continued to broaden, and Bluesky, arrange by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, briefly topped the obtain charts within the UK and US Apple App Stores on Wednesday, as customers look to options.

Its userbase has grown by 4 million in simply two months, and Bluesky stated in a put up on Tuesday that it had picked up 1,000,000 new customers within the seven days since Trump’s win.

However it stays comparatively tiny, with 15 million customers worldwide.