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I made this decision, which I know is complicated, but I will not be part of a social network based on the use of algorithms that encourage xenophobic ideas, against human rights and encourage the extreme right in the world,
Diaz said in an interview with state TV station TVE
This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism,
The Guardian wroteI'm leaving Twitter as long as it's under the ownership of Elon Musk. I refuse to participate in the operation and success of this app... You can find me on BlueSky still if you want."
One wrote
As a company, we are concerned by some of the discourse on this platform (X). Unity and inclusivity are central to our mission and our values, so we will no longer be using X following this post."
Meanwhile, British brewery Northern Monk admitted they'dMusk is a genius, it's increased traffic to X and got people talking about it."
Another agreedMusk may have done it just to pump X traffic,
one person notedSo to sum up, people are brandishing moral virtue by leaving Twitter because they claim Musk is racist and a supporter of Trump, only to stay on Facebook, where Zuckerberg is now a supporter of Trump, or move to BlueSky, which has fielded accusations of racism,
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And with that, I'm leaving Twitter. I will be locking this and all other accounts by midnight tonight. I will still be streaming, but I will just be in other places, bye for now!"
A second X user, who shared a video of Musk's speech, addedMusk is convinced … that the decision … to buy Twitter is a turning point in American history, and by doing that Musk saved American democracy,
said Torreblanca
In practice, our competition authorities in the EU are autonomous to make investigations and fine [a] company, ... and I think the best way Europe should do this is in a politically impassionate way.”
said TorreblancaI think he thought … ‘I can say anything I like, it doesn’t have to be true, it’s better if it’s not true, and no one will stop me,
said HislopRussian influence operations are actually modelled on examples of Trump or Musk,
said AlyukovYou don’t do outright censorship. You create a conducive ecosystem to making your voice heard, and what [Musk] did was he basically got himself an ecosystem,
Alyukov saidThe economy has been geopoliticised,
said Verdi
He’s using his superpowers to say, ‘I’m going to give a voice to the voiceless.’ He’s a once-in-a-multigeneration human being. He’s my hero. He’s amazing,
said author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a critic of Islam and former Dutch politician, on the podcast, HonestlyThey select certain incidents, like scandals in the UK … and then they try to present certain politicians as the solution to this problem. That is exactly what Musk does,
he told Al Jazeera[Musk’s] new connections with Trump make it very difficult to respond,
Verdi told Al JazeeraThe most pathetic figure I have seen is Christian Lindner, writing to Musk saying, ‘Don’t support the AfD, support me because I am the true libertarian here in Germany,
said Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, who heads the Madrid office of the European Council on Foreign Relations, a think tank
The biggest success after that terrible era in our history was to label Hitler as right and conservative. He was exactly the opposite,
Weidel told MuskX is the future, it’s citizen journalism … It’s by the people, for the people.”
X has now become the dominant global communications platform, and Musk is weaponising it against news media, telling followers