Cabinet Minister Quits X With Swipe At What Elon Musk Has Done To It

Lisa Nandy said the social media platform "now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate".

A cabinet minister and her department have dramatically quit X over the “abuse and misinformation” now widespread on the platform.

Culture secretary Lisa Nandy said “it isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it”.

Nandy said X – formerly Twitter – was originally “a platform originally designed for free speech and expression” but had changed over time.

Her comments were a clear swipe at tech billionaire Elon Musk, who introduced a raft of changes after he bought the platform in 2022.

Nandy announced her shock decision just seconds after Keir Starmer posted a video on X announcing that pubs can stay open until 5am on Monday to show England’s World Cup clash with Mexico.

A No.10 source said they had no plans to follow Nandy by leaving X.

Announcing her decision on Thursday, Nandy said: “I’ve decided to leave this platform and my department will too.

“A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over........

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