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

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The UK's culture and media department is responsible for overseeing the country's media landscape, making its decision to stop using the platform significant in the context of the government's approach to social media regulation. Lisa Nandy's announcement reflects growing concerns among politicians and regulators about the spread of misinformation and hate speech on social media platforms. The department's move follows similar actions by other government departments, highlighting a broader trend of reevaluating the use of certain social media platforms by official bodies.

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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 abo…