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Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a ‘gigantic global sewer’ (www.reuters.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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.

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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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.

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