After the departure of several media outlets, Mediapart announced that it would no longer intervene on Elon Musk’s social network.
The bleeding continues. After several newspapers, the investigative site Mediapart announced Tuesday that it would leave on January 20 the social network X of American billionaire Elon Musk, which it said had become a “weapon of massive disinformation”. January 20 was chosen as the departure date by Mediapart because it is the date when US President-elect Donald Trump takes office. He appointed Elon Musk to head a ministry of“governmental efficiency”.
“Mediapart refuses to serve the cause of the enemies of journalism and the general interest”proclaims Carine Fouteau, president and director of publication of the media marked on the left, in a column on her site. Already in November, the British dailies The Guardian, then the Spanish La Vanguardia and the Swedish Dagens Nyheter announced that they would no longer publish content on part of a wave of growing disaffection with this social network.
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“We have a historic battle to fight”
Mediapart a “chronicled how the boss of X used his social network to bring the world into a new era, that of information chaos”assures Carine Fouteau. According to her, “we have a historic battle to wage in defense of our mission of general interest, which consists of seeking the truth of the facts, by producing cross-checked, verified and documented information”.
To continue to “address everyone”, “our strategy is to amplify our presence on other social networks” like Mastodon and Bluesky, and “to increase public events, everywhere in France”underlines the manager. Since its acquisition in 2022 by Elon Musk, X has been accused by many media and users of spreading false information and of not allocating enough resources to moderate exchanges on the platform. The richest man in the world defends a radical vision of freedom of expression, rejecting all forms of censorship.
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