The Guardian stops posting on X, Musk's 'toxic media platform'

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13 November 2024 at 8:13 am·1-min read

Copies of the British, left-leaning newspaper, The Guardian.

British media outlet The Guardian said on Wednesday it will no longer use its official accounts on X as it says the benefits of using the social media platform "are now outweighed by the negatives". The owner of the site, Elon Musk, was on Tuesday named head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency in President-elect Donald Trump's incoming administration.

Britain's The Guardian newspaper announced Wednesday it would no longer post content from its official accounts on Elon Musk's X, branding it a "toxic media platform" home to "often disturbing content".

"We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives," the left-leaning newspaper, which has nearly 11 million followers on X, said in a statement on its website.

It added that its "resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere".

"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," the statement noted.

"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."

It also said its reporters would still be able to use the site and other social networks on which the paper does not have an account.

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