the strong decision of the mayor of Lyon Grégory Doucet

In recent days, many personalities have announced their departure from social network (ex-Twitter). This Monday, January 20, 2025, it is the turn of the mayor of Lyon Grégory Doucet.

The environmentalist leaves Elon Musk's social network the day Donald Trump will be inaugurated 47th President of the United Statesfor the second time.

A clear message against Elon Musk

Grégory Doucet published a press release, which was not broadcast on quitter X. My account is now inactive and not deleted, because to be completely transparent, I do not want it to be used without my knowledge.

The elected official also does not hesitate to charge the boss of X, of Tesla and Space X, with his management of the social network:

Since the purchase of the platform in 2022 by Elon Musk, it is obvious that the rules have changed. The promise of direct, unhindered speech between citizens is no longer kept. No, it is now the law of the strongest that governs this social network. The fiercest communities reign supreme, favored by an arbitrary and uninhibited algorithm. X is today an assumed instrument of destabilization, driven to weaken our democracies. And I'm not even talking about daily violence, unpunished calls to hatred and defamatory artificial intelligence.

Account X of the City of Lyon “is concerned with the exception of crisis communications general public,” specifies the City.

… But also against Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg is also criticized in Grégory Doucet's text: “I am aware of the latter's recent allegiance to the Trump-Musk method. This change of heart from the boss of Meta does not bode well for the platforms that are Instagram or Facebook.”

The American giant had notably announced that it was ending its fact-checking program in the United States.

A call to the EU

Alarmist, Grégory Doucet finally assures that “words are more than ever weapons ready to make us waver” and therefore calls on the European Union to react “in the face of these tangible threats » by seizing tools “to legislate”.

A solution, according to the elected official, to “guarantee freedom of expression and protect the right to information”.

For his part, Bruno Bernard, interviewed by news Lyonindicated remaining on X during his wishes to the press. The environmentalist president of the Metropolis believes that it is still a communication channel to reach the population and journalists.

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