Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer'
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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a "gigantic global sewer" that was "destroying our democracies" by spreading abuse and misinformation.

Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a ‘gigantic global sewer’::Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a “gigantic global sewer” that was “destroying our democracies” by spreading abuse and misinformation.

  • mtchristo@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    She is just running away from a scandal of her using public funds for a holiday while in a mission in French Polynesia. Now she is turning that into a statement

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    51·
    2 years ago

    NOW she thinks it’s a sewer, but she’s ignored all the BS that was always there?

    It’s always been a sewer.

  • satan@r.nfEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I mean it was fine until social media companies knowingly were causing genocide and destroying democracies in Asia, South America and Africa.

    But now it’s in your face,

    “I don’t like this. 😭”

  • Kazumara@feddit.deEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Isn’t she the one with the big sewer improvement project to stop flooding the Seine with poop water whenever it storms? She must be basically an expert on sewers among politicians by now, so I’ll trust that assessment.

  • ASaltPepper@lemmy.oneEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’m curious to see where politicians end up after ditching X. I want to believe that governments could set up their own lemmy/bluesky instances. But my gut is telling me Meta owned platforms will win out due to ease of use and their ability to comply with local European laws.