The U.K.-based news outlet The Guardian will no longer post on X from its official accounts, the company has announced.
The outlet cited “disturbing content” that it claims circulates on the social media platform as a reason for exiting. The Guardian currently has more than 80 accounts on X, with approximately 27 million followers.
“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 statement said.
The Guardian noted that X users will still be able to share its articles on the platform. The news outlet also said that it would continue to use X posts in its reporting and that reporters would be using X as a source.
“Social media can be an important tool for news organizations and help us to reach new audiences but, at this point, X now plays a diminished role in promoting our work. Our journalism is available and open to all on our website and we would prefer people to come to theguardian.com and support our work there,” the statement concluded.
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X owner Elon Musk reacted to the news, writing: “They are a laboriously vile propaganda machine.”
Last April, the non-profit media company NPR stopped using X after the platform added a “state-affiliated media” tag to NPR’s profile, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
“NPR’s organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent,” a spokesperson said in a statement at the time.
“We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public’s understanding of our editorial independence,” it said.
The Berlin Film Festival also announced this month that it would no longer post on X after this year but did not release a statement or give a reason for the change.
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The U.K.-based news outlet The Guardian will no longer post on X from its official accounts, the company has announced.
The outlet cited “disturbing content” that it claims circulates on the social media platform as a reason for exiting. The Guardian currently has more than 80 accounts on X, with approximately 27 million followers.
“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 statement said.
The Guardian noted that X users will still be able to share its articles on the platform. The news outlet also said that it would continue to use X posts in its reporting and that reporters would be using X as a source.
“Social media can be an important tool for news organizations and help us to reach new audiences but, at this point, X now plays a diminished role in promoting our work. Our journalism is available and open to all on our website and we would prefer people to come to theguardian.com and support our work there,” the statement concluded.
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X owner Elon Musk reacted to the news, writing: “They are a laboriously vile propaganda machine.”
Last April, the non-profit media company NPR stopped using X after the platform added a “state-affiliated media” tag to NPR’s profile, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
“NPR’s organizational accounts will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent,” a spokesperson said in a statement at the time.
“We are not putting our journalism on platforms that have demonstrated an interest in undermining our credibility and the public’s understanding of our editorial independence,” it said.
The Berlin Film Festival also announced this month that it would no longer post on X after this year but did not release a statement or give a reason for the change.
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