British newspaper’“The Guardian” announced that stop publishing news in their official accounts in X, from South African billionaire Elon Musk.

He stated that this is a platform “toxic” and that the harms of staying there “now outweigh the benefits.”

He explained to his readers that he believed “resources could be better used.” promotionhis journalism “elsewhere.”

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The X conspiracy theories far right and racism

“This is something we have been considering for some time, given the disturbing content that is often promoted or found on the platform, including conspiracy theories about far right and racism“, the media claimed.

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The Guardian stressed that the recent election campaign in the United States “only underscored what we have long believed: that X is a toxic platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has used his influence to shape political discourse.”

The newspaper stated that

“Our business model does not depend on viral content tailored to the whims of giant social media algorithms.”

In addition, as explained, the British newspaper’s reporters will be able to continue to use X for news purposes, as they do on other social networks with which the newspaper does not usually interact.

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“Social media can be an important tool for news organizations and help us reach new audiences, but X currently plays an undermining role in promoting our work,” the newspaper said.

He also remembers that the work of his journalists is “available and open to everyone” on his page. net and notes that they prefer readers to go directly to their website, theguardian.com.

“Fortunately, we can do this because our business model does not depend on viral content tailored to the whims of giant social media algorithms, but rather we are funded directly by our readers,” he concludes. (EFE)