The Spanish daily “La Vanguardia” announces that it will stop publishing on X, which has become “a disinformation network”

“The ex-Twitter makes messages go viral that violate human rights,” denounces the newspaper in an article.

Published on 14/11/2024 12:24

Updated on 14/11/2024 12:39

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The X account of the American billionaire, Elon Musk, owner of the social network. (JAKUB PORZYCKI / NURPHOTO / AFP)
The X account of the American billionaire, Elon Musk, owner of the social network. (JAKUB PORZYCKI / NURPHOTO / AFP)

The Spanish daily The Vanguardbased in Barcelona, ​​announced on Thursday November 14 that it would no longer publish content on “a network of disinformation”. The decision comes the day after a similar announcement from the British daily The Guardian.

“The ex-Twitter makes messages that violate human rights go viral”accuses the newspaper in an editorial, in which it emphasizes that it will however continue to follow the accounts of personalities, companies or institutions on the social network to “to be able to punctually inform its readers of messages or debates which may be exchanged or take place there”.

“Managers of the newspaper indicated that they had been worried for a long time because conspiracy theories and contempt for human rights are very present on X. The factor which ultimately decided them to leave the social network was the coverage of the presidential elections in the United States”the text continues.

At the end of the election which he won on November 5, Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint the boss of X, Elon Musk, at the head of a commission responsible for cutting public spending, jointly with Republican businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.

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