‘Poisonous media platform’: Why ‘The Guardian’ give up X after US election outcomes

Information media ‘The Guardian give up ‘X’ on Wednesday, days after US presidential election outcomes, terming it a ‘poisonous media platform‘ and accusing its proprietor, Elon Musk, of utilizing “its affect to form political discourse”.
“We wished to let readers know that we are going to not publish on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media web site X (previously Twitter). We expect that the advantages of being on X at the moment are outweighed by the negatives and that sources might be higher used selling our journalism elsewhere,” The Guardian mentioned in a press release.
“That is one thing we now have been contemplating for some time given the customarily disturbing content material promoted or discovered on the platform, together with far-right conspiracy theories and racism. The US presidential election marketing campaign served solely to underline what we now have thought of for a very long time: that X is a poisonous media platform and that its proprietor, Elon Musk, has been ready to make use of its affect to form political discourse,” it added.
“Social media will be an essential software for information organisations and assist us to achieve new audiences however, at this level, X now performs a diminished function in selling our work,” it added.
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