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Labour MPs have begun quitting X in alarm over the platform, with one saying Elon Musk had turned it into “a megaphone for foreign adversaries and far-right fringe groups”.

Over the weekend, newly elected MPs took to WhatsApp groups to raise growing concerns about the role X played in the spread of misinformation amid the far-right-led riots in parts of England and Northern Ireland.

Two Labour MPs are known to have told colleagues they were leaving the platform. One of them, Noah Law, has disabled his account. Other MPs who still use X have begun examining alternatives, including Threads, which is owned by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the open-source platform Bluesky.

In an article for the Guardian on Monday, a former Twitter executive, Bruce Daisley, said Musk should face personal sanctions and even an arrest warrant if he continues to stir up public disorder online.

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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

the news SHOULD be everyone is quitting twitter, and get rid of the scare quotes around hate and disinformation

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

Most public facing organsations quit it when they started requiring an account to be logged in to see tweets.

What's the use of it as an official announcement platform if only logged in twitter users can see it?

[–] takeda@lemmy.world -2 points 1 month ago

I never created an account on xitter. I tried on Mastodon, and the tool was designated for people who love attention. The reason they are afraid to switch is losing their audience.

Maybe labeling them something embarrassing like Nazi sympathizers could help, but I even doubt that would do anything.

BTW: what do you call 9 Nazis and one non-nazi sitting together? 10 Nazis.