From the front pages of the “Guardian”, in London, January 26, 2016. BEN STANSALL / AFP
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The British newspaper “The Guardian” announced this Wednesday, November 13 that it will no longer publish on the social network “the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform”owned by Elon Musk since 2022.
“We believe that the advantages of our presence on X are now outweighed by the disadvantages and that the resources could be better used to promote our journalism elsewhere”explains the daily.
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His accounts on the social network, where the “Guardian” has 10.8 million subscribers, are now presented as “archived”. Readers are invited to visit the newspaper’s website or download its application. The last post was early Wednesday morning.
The American campaign, an accelerator
The “Guardian” explains having considered leaving “for a while” due to “often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism”.
The campaign for the American presidential election “only underlined what we have long considered: X is a toxic media platform and its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use his influence to shape political discourse”continues the newspaper.
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world who defends a radical vision of freedom of expression, rejecting all forms of censorship, bought Twitter in 2022 for $44 billion, renaming the social network of the American campaign unfailing support for Donald Trump, putting his personal X account, followed by nearly 205 million people, at the service of the Republican candidate. Tuesday, November 12, the multi-billionaire was appointed by the president-elect to head a newly created ministry of“governmental efficiency”.
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The “Guardian” emphasizes that its economic model “does not rely on viral content crafted to […] the algorithms of the social network giants »explaining that it is financed by its readers.
By Le Nouvel Obs with AFP
