Culture secretary quits X in protest at 'misinformation'

Lisa Nandy says her department is also leaving Elon Musk's platform, which she claims "isn't healthy for our democracy".

UK’s culture secretary and department quit X citing concerns over democracy

Move by Lisa Nandy marks first exit of a major cabinet department from the platform

Lisa Nandy announces plan to quit X over fear it pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concern over its far right content that fuels violence and division The UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced. The culture secretary’s department is the UK’s second to quit the Elon Musk-owned platform over increasing concerns about the way it highlights and prioritises often inaccurate far-right and racis...

By Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

UK culture minister quits X over ‘abuse and misinformation’

UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport will also stop using social media platform.

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and department quit Elon Musk’s X over ‘abuse and misinformation’

The MP said the social media site ‘isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities’

By George Lithgow

UK culture minister Lisa Nandy quits X, says platform now 'favours abuse and misinformation'

"I've decided to leave this platform and my department will too," Nandy said in a post on X.

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By Max Pilley

Tesla sales set record to signal worst of Musk backlash may be fading

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