The Guardian Exits Elon Musk's X: "A Toxic Media Platform"

[Morrison71]

The Guardian Exits Elon Musk's X: "A Toxic Media Platform"


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The Guardian Exits Elon Musk's X: "A Toxic Media Platform"
The Guardian will no longer post content on Elon Musk's X, calling the social media platform "toxic" for the prevalence of conspiracy theories and for its owner's ability to use it to "shape politi...
7:51 AM · Nov 13, 2024
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The Guardian will no longer post content on Elon Musk's X, calling the social media platform "toxic" for the prevalence of conspiracy theories and for its owner's ability to use it to "shape political discourse."

The Guardian has more than 80 accounts on X with 27 million followers.

"We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere," the publication said in a note to readers.

X users will still be able to share articles, and reporters will still be able to use the site for newsgathering purposes.

"The U.S. presidential election 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," The Guardian said.

 

[poophawk]

Good for them, I'm checking out Bluesky to see what's it's like

 

[seminole97]

Yeah! Only media like the Guardian is supposed to "shape political discourse"!

Who do these plebes think they are?!?

 

[Morrison71]

Good for them, I'm checking out Bluesky to see what's it's like

Bluesky (@bsky.app)

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[Chishawk1425]

Good for them, I'm checking out Bluesky to see what's it's like

Heading there shortly myself.

 

[seminole97]

Bluesky (@bsky.app)

Bluesky stuns in new App Store ranking

bsky.app

The Russians controlling this message board don't have an API for Bluesky?

Oh well, you can still screenshot them and host on imgur.com for free:

 

[Scruddy]

X isn't an airport. They don't need to announce their departure as nobody cares the guardian is dying on the vine and they don't want to post where people call out their obvious propaganda.

Don Lemon and Joy Reid also left. Nobody cares of course, cuz the prior is a sex offender and was fired by cnn and Elon, and joy Reid is going to be fired in the coming weeks as msnbc downsides and ultimately sells to the right.

 

[ClarindaA's]

Is the a guardian a liberal paper? Anyone knowing they were for free speech in Britain or if they were for people being arrested for being anti refugee?

 

[Scruddy]

Is the a guardian a liberal paper? Anyone knowing they were for free speech in Britain or if they were for people being arrested for being anti refugee?

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They're shit. And openly dismissed their readers comments mocking them. Typical lefties cannot stand being questioned and of course name call against all who dissent. They won't be missed as they fall further into irrelevance.

 

[Moral]

Is the a guardian a liberal paper? Anyone knowing they were for free speech in Britain or if they were for people being arrested for being anti refugee?

Yes, and I don't know. I'm assuming this was news on the right algorithm but I'm out of the loop on UK free speech.