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British paper radical the Guardian has announced it volition nary longer station connected X, formerly Twitter, saying it has go a "a toxic media platform".
In a connection to readers, it said the US statesmanlike predetermination "underlined" its concerns that its owner, Elon Musk, had been capable to usage X to "shape governmental discourse."
Mr Musk powerfully backed Donald Trump and has now been fixed a role cutting authorities spending successful his incoming administration.
The BBC has contacted X for comment.
The Guardian said users would inactive beryllium capable to stock articles and it was apt proceed to embed X posts successful its sum of satellite events.
But it said the "benefits of being connected X are present outweighed by the negatives."
"This is thing we person been considering for a portion fixed the often disturbing contented promoted oregon recovered connected the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism," it added.
X users person reacted with vitriol, with those who paid for salient replies accusing it of "woke propaganda" and "virtue signalling".
Mr Musk and the Guardian are acold from governmental furniture fellows - but adjacent truthful its departure is apt to intensify questions astir whether others volition follow, arsenic X and Mr Musk align themselves much with Donald Trump.
Its rivals already look to beryllium benefiting.
Meta's Threads has continued to expand, and Bluesky, acceptable up by Twitter laminitis Jack Dorsey, concisely topped the download charts successful the UK and US Apple App Stores connected Wednesday, arsenic users look to alternatives.
Its userbase has grown by 4 cardinal successful conscionable 2 months, and Bluesky said successful a station connected Tuesday that it had picked up a cardinal caller users successful the 7 days since Trump's win.
However it remains comparatively tiny, with 15 cardinal users worldwide.
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