Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo quit the social network, criticizing its role in undermining democracy and referring to the escalation of
tensions that its owner Elon Musk has caused since coming to power.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has announced that she is leaving the X
(formerly Twitter), as this social network has become a "weapon of
of mass destruction of democracies". Politico writes about it, UNN reports .
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Hidalgo pointed to the responsibility of the owner of the network Elon
Mask for the changes made to the platform after he took over the company in
October 2022.
This platform and its owner are acting deliberately to exacerbate
tensions and conflicts Hidalgo
The French mayor called X a political project,
which seeks to abandon democracy and its values in favor of "powerful private interests."
Manipulation, disinformation, amplification of hate speech,
organized harassment, anti-Semitism and proven racism, attacks on scientists, women, environmentalists,
climate scientists, women, environmentalists, progressives and all those who have good will
who wish to have peaceful and civilized political debate: the list of abuses is endless.
is endless. I refuse to take part in this