The Guardian will stop publishing on X because it is a “toxic” network – DW – 11/13/2024

British newspaper Guardian Announced this Wednesday (11/13/2024) that it will stop publishing news on its official accounts

The newspaper explained to its readers that it believed “resources could be better spent promoting its journalism elsewhere.”

The publication argued, “This is something we have been considering for some time, given the disturbing content repeatedly promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.”

Guardian Says that the recent election campaign in the United States ahead of the May 5 elections, in which Republican Donald Trump won, “only served to underline what we have long believed: that and its owner, Elon “Musk has been able to use his influence to shape the political discussion.”

The newspaper clarifies that X users will be able to continue sharing articles Guardian The nature of more live news reporting on that network means they will still occasionally put content from X in their article pages.

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In addition, journalists at that newspaper will also be able to continue using X for informational purposes, as they do with other social networks with which the newspaper does not normally interact, he explained.

The paper says, “Social media can be an important tool for news organizations and can help us reach new audiences, but at the moment, X plays a tenuous role in promoting our work.”

He also notes that the work of his journalists is “available and open to all” on his website and explains that he prefers readers to visit his website directly.

He concluded, “Fortunately we can do this because our business model does not rely on viral content optimized according to the whims of giant social media algorithms, but rather we are funded directly by our readers.”

CT (EFE, AFP)