“This is our last tweet, for now. In accordance with our values, we have decided to suspend publications on all of our X accounts.” This is what we can read today on the latest tweet published by the regional daily West France on his account “In the current state of affairs, it seems neither judicious nor appropriate to feed this network, as long as serious guarantees are not deployed in the face of disinformation, harassment and violence.”
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This decision comes a few days after Donald Trump's announcement of the appointment to the government of Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of the social network. The local daily also specifies in its article that “The appointment of Elon Musk, opposed to any form of regulation, in the administration of Donald Trump, is not likely to simplify the equation”.
Avant West Franceother newspapers have made the decision to leave this social network deemed “toxic”. This is the case of The Guardian in Great Britain or The Vanguard in Spain.
West France had already significantly disengaged in the last few months from X by only publishing around twenty pieces of content per week. If our colleagues want to switch to Bluesky, the social network whose growth has been exponential since Elon Musk entered politics, we have reserved some very useful tips for them…
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