The Guardian Not Posting on X: Elon Musk Has Shaped Political Discourse – Variety

<br>                                By  <a class="c-link  lrv-a-unstyle-link" href="https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/"             >   Ellise Shafer</a>                           <br>    U.K. publication <a  href="https://variety.com/t/the-guardian/"  id="auto-tag_the-guardian"  data-tag="the-guardian"  >The Guardian</a> will no longer post on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter that has been taken over by <a  href="https://variety.com/t/elon-musk/"  id="auto-tag_elon-musk"  data-tag="elon-musk"  >Elon Musk</a>.<br>    The Guardian made the announcement on Wednesday in a <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk" target="_blank">post on its website</a>, writing that &#8220;the benefits of being on the platform formerly called Twitter&#8221; have now been &#8220;outweighed by the negatives.&#8221; The publication cited the &#8220;often disturbing content&#8221; found on the platform and said the way it handled last week&#8217;s U.S. presidential election &#8212; which saw Donald Trump win a second term &#8212; &#8220;crystallized&#8221; its decision. <br>     &ldquo;This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism,&rdquo; the publication said. &ldquo;The U.S. presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.&rdquo;   <div class="admz" id="adm-inline-article-ad-1">                     <div class="adma boomerang" data-device="Desktop" data-width="300">                  <div style="min-width:50px;min-height:75px;"   class="pmc-adm-boomerang-pub-div ad-text"   data-priority="10" >    <div id="gpt-variety-article-mid-article-uid0"      class="adw-300 adh-250" data-is-adhesion-ad="">         <script type="application/javascript">

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