Stay or leave X? Marine Tondelier remains on X to defend ecology, Grégory Doucet leaves the social network denouncing “unpunished calls for hatred”

Stay or go? As Donald Trump's inauguration at the White House approaches, Monday January 20, announcements around the social network X are increasing, whether to stay there or to leave. At Les Ecologistes, the party's national secretary, Marine Tondelier, declared in the morning that she remained on the social network the social network led by Elon Musk.

Marine Tondelier, who had wanted a group departure of the deputies of the New Popular Front, “takes note of the fact that a very large majority of parliamentarians (members of the NFP or not) have decided to stay on X, for reasons that I can understand”she wrote in a message published on X, emphasizing that the same goes for members of the government and “other party leaders of the NFP”.

Marine Tondelier, who pleads for X to be banned in Europe, notes that the social network has been “put at the service of ideas” of the far right by its owner, Elon Musk, but explains that“it remains essential to the public service which is the [sienne] ». “If I no longer defend ecology and ecologists on hostile grounds like Twitter/X, who will? »she asks again.

She promises not to give up the fight on this platform, “even if it is done on very unequal terms”. Marine Tondelier will now ” to prioritize “ other alternative networks, such as Bluesky or Mastodon.

“Inactive” but “not deleted” account

She notes that the elected Ecologists were “the most active” to leave the leader of the senators, Guillaume Gontard, the former presidential candidate and candidate for Paris City Hall, Yannick Jadot, or the mayor of Lyon, Grégory Doucet.

Grégory Doucet, in fact, launched “goodbye x”Monday, in a message broadcast on other social networks, including Facebook and Instagram of Mark Zuckerberg's American group Meta.
“Since the purchase of the platform in 2022 by Elon Musk, it is obvious that the rules have changed”explains the councilor, for whom “it is now the law of the strongest that governs” the social network.

“The fiercest communities reign supreme, favored by an arbitrary and uninhibited algorithm”adds Grégory Doucet denouncing “daily violence, unpunished calls to hatred and defamatory artificial intelligence”.

The mayor of Lyon, whose account is “now inactive” more “not deleted” to prevent him from being able to “be used to [s]on insu », “is aware of Mark Zuckerberg’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”concludes the elected official, who also closes account X of the City of Lyon, “with the exception of general public crisis communication”.

This announcement comes after that of the City of Paris, owned by the socialist Anne Hidalgo, who announced on January 16 her intention to leave the social network. “Through its algorithms, the growing toxicity of X (formerly Twitter) prevents any balanced and calm public debate”explained Thursday to AFP Patrick Bloche, first deputy to the socialist mayor.

Several institutions and media, French and European, have decided to leave X in recent weeks. In France, if some political leaders on the left are questioning themselves, few have withdrawn from it. In November 2023, Anne Hidalgo was the first French political figure to cease her activity on this network, where she was followed by 1.5 million people.

“It was not an easy sacrifice, because she lost a lot of audience” by migrating to other platforms, commented Patrick Bloche. But even within the municipal majority of the capital, opinions differ. The co-president of the communist group, Ian Brossat, said he was opposed to “a unilateral withdrawal strategy”. “Thathe believes.