The decision had been in the air for several weeks, the clear result of an internal consultation and the ill winds surrounding the inauguration of Donald Trump made it a reality. Like other media, personalities and institutions, Liberation has decided to cease its activity on the social network X (formerly Twitter), owned by billionaire Elon Musk. «Liberation decides to no longer share its content on the social network X from January 21, 2025. Collaboration with this platform is no longer compatible with the values of our newspaper”it is written in what is intended to be the last publication on the platform until further notice. The different accounts of Liberation are not deleted but frozen.
The position of Liberation was arrested the day after the presentation, on Monday, of the results of an internal vote on the subject by the Society of Journalists and Staff (SJPL). 81.4% of voters considered that it was necessary that Liberation withdraws fromby freezing his accounts so that his name cannot be used by others but no longer publishes anything there” (55%), i.e. Liberation “officially leaves X by closing his accounts” (26.4%). “They show a position of the editorial staff clearly in favor of stopping publications on X”comment the elected officials of the SJPL.
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