UK: Culture secretary Lisa Nandy quits X in protest at 'misinformation'

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has announced she and her department are leaving Elon Musk’s X platform.

Explaining her decision in what seemingly will be her last post on X, Nandy said the platform “isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it”.

“A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate,” she wrote.

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The culture department becomes the second government department to stop using X after the attorney general’s office, while several MPs also left the platform earlier this year over reports its AI tool was being used to create sexualised images.

Nandy said she would continue to use Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Attorney General Lord Hermer defended his decision to ban his office from posting on X last month, telling MPs it “constantly descends to racism and misogyny” and that his department “can do better”.

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