Elon Musk · Instagram · Facebook · The Guardian Technology
Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
Compiled by KHAO Editorial — aggregated from 1 source. See llms.txt for citation guidance.
◌ Single Source
The UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced.
Key facts
- But after the Belfast riots, No 10 said any action would be left to Ofcom, the media regulator
- The UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced
- Earlier this year, Keir Starmer threatened X with being blocked in the UK if it did not take action over a mass of sexualised images of women and children produced by its Grok AI tool, with X
- Six days later, more violence erupted in Belfast when far-right activists called for demonstrations in response to a stabbing attack for which a 30-year-old refugee from Sudan was charged
Summary
The culture secretary’s department is the UK’s second to quit the Elon Musk-owned platform over increasing concerns about the way it highlights and prioritises often inaccurate far-right and racist content and is used to incite violence and division. Two weeks ago the Guardian revealed that Richard Hermer, the attorney general for England and Wales, had told his office to no longer post on X, a decision prompted in part by the platform’s role in stoking disorder in Southampton and Belfast earlier in June. Own X account, Nandy said: “The reporter has decided to leave this platform and their department will too. People who wanted to interact with her via social media could do so via Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, Nandy added.