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Labour MPs have begun quitting X in alarm over the platform, with one saying Elon Musk had turned it into “a megaphone for foreign adversaries and far-right fringe groups”.

Over the weekend, newly elected MPs took to WhatsApp groups to raise growing concerns about the role X played in the spread of misinformation amid the far-right-led riots in parts of England and Northern Ireland.

Two Labour MPs are known to have told colleagues they were leaving the platform. One of them, Noah Law, has disabled his account. Other MPs who still use X have begun examining alternatives, including Threads, which is owned by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the open-source platform Bluesky.

In an article for the Guardian on Monday, a former Twitter executive, Bruce Daisley, said Musk should face personal sanctions and even an arrest warrant if he continues to stir up public disorder online.

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[-] suction@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

Should never have started with Twitter. Not everything has to be on social media

LOL. Sure, not everything, but politicians do if they want to win elections.

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Are you sure? I can only think of Donald Trump as an example, and even then I think he's garnered more ridicule than support for it.

[-] anytimesoon@feddit.uk 4 points 4 weeks ago

Obama famously used twitter in his first election campaign to create effect. In the brief moment when I had an account, he was my only follower

[-] suction@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago
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