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.

  • books@lemmy.worldEnglish
    438·
    1 year ago

    And she would know what a sewer is because she governs Paris.

    /Badumtiss

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It really isn’t lol. It might be the dirtiest capital city I’ve been to. Although I won’t claim to be the most travelled man in the world.

        Still a pretty place, mind you. But the shit and the rats let the place down a bit.

    • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      Not only have you been faster with the comment, you have also been upvoted a ton already.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    102·
    1 year 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.

    • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
      171·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, but it used to have marginal treatment facilities. Elon trashed those and sold them for scrap.

  • mtchristo@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    1 year 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

  • op12@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Old and busted: Twitter is the global town square
    New hotness: X is the global town sewer

  • ASaltPepper@lemmy.oneEnglish
    0·
    1 year 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.