Paris mayor leaves X, calling the platform a "global dump"

Paris mayor leaves X, calling the platform a "global dump"

Kyiv  •  UNN

November 27 2023, 11:45 PM • 39400 views

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo quit the social network, criticizing its role in undermining democracy and referring to the escalation of tensions that its owner Elon Musk has caused since coming to power.

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has announced that she is leaving the X (formerly Twitter), as this social network has become a "weapon of of mass destruction of democracies". Politico writes about it, UNN reports .

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Hidalgo pointed to the responsibility of the owner of the network Elon Mask for the changes made to the platform after he took over the company in October 2022.

This platform and its owner are acting deliberately to exacerbate tensions and conflicts Hidalgo

wrote in a statement published on X, adding that the platform has become "a big global dumping ground."

The French mayor called X a political project, which seeks to abandon democracy and its values in favor of "powerful private interests."

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Manipulation, disinformation, amplification of hate speech, organized harassment, anti-Semitism and proven racism, attacks on scientists, women, environmentalists, climate scientists, women, environmentalists, progressives and all those who have good will who wish to have peaceful and civilized political debate: the list of abuses is endless. is endless. I refuse to take part in this

she added.