Paris MP Sandrine Rousseau calls on the NFP to leave the X platform

“A real danger for our democracies”. There MP from Paris, Sandrine Rousseau, called the deputies of the New Popular Front (NFP) to leave the X platform, accused of “diffuse false information » since the arrival of billionaire Elon Musk. A missive that the elected environmentalist of the 9th district of the capital shared on the social network, this Sunday, January 12, 2025.

A leading support from Donald Trump

“I suggest you leave X togetheron a date to be determined,” enjoined Sandrine Rousseau, justifying her initiative by the convening of several recent events, including the American presidential won by Donald Trump. “We get up, we get out of there!” “, she commented.

According to the 52-year-old economist, originally from Maisons-Alfort (Val-de-Marne), the boss of Tesla and Space X “favored his own publications by allowing the dissemination of false information on a large scale”. An influence that he used to allow the election of the Republican. The real estate tycoon appointed him to the position of minister of government efficiency.

While waiting for the inauguration of Donald Trump, Elon Musk interfered in the European political scene by supporting the chancellor candidate of the German far-right party, AfD, Alice Weidel. He also attacked the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmerin the context of cases of rape and sexual exploitation of young girls in England.

An intense activity which aroused the wrath of France. On France Inter, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noel Barrot had asked, on January 8, 2025, the European Commission to “seize in a much more vigorous manner the tools […] given to deter these behaviors.”

“Uninhibited racism”

For Sandrine Rousseau, Elon Musk “stirs up hatred of foreigners” and fuels “uninhibited racism by relaying far-right theories” through “ anti-trans and misogynistic publications ». “Staying on X is in part endorsing what the platform has become under Elon Musk,” she writes.

Several institutions have already deleted their accounts on the social network, like the football club, theRed Starbased in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), or the APHP.

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