Guardian Won’t Post to Elon Musk’s X Due to ‘Conspiracy Theories’

The Guardian, the London-based left-wing newspaper of which The editor-in-chief recently offered employees free mental health care guidance to deal with The victory of newly elected President Donald Trumpwill no longer post to Elon Musk’s X to protest “far-right conspiracy theories and racism” on the social media platform.

The publication made the announcement in a Wednesday post explaining to readers that they will no longer post editorial content from the newspaper from official accounts to X.

“We believe that the benefits of participating in the newspaper wrote on Wednesday.

The Guardian said it had been considering the move for “some time” in light of the “often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.”

The presidential campaign and Trump’s re-election “only served to underscore what we have been considering for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use his influence to shape political discourse to give. .”

X users will still be able to share links to Guardian content and Guardian reporters will “occasionally” embed content from the platform into news stories.

But X “now plays a smaller role in promoting our work,” the paper said.

Guardian ended its post by urging readers to donate to the publication, whose business model relies on voluntary financial support from the public.

The Post has requested comment from X.

After Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris in last Tuesday’s election, Guardian editor-in-chief Katherine Viner urged staff at the publication’s British and Australian offices to contact their American counterparts to “get your to offer support”.

“I know the outcome has been deeply disturbing to many colleagues,” Viner wrote in an email obtained by The Post.

“If you want to talk about it, your manager and members of the leadership team are all available, as are the People team.”

Viner – who has run the 203-year-old London publication since 2015 – also tried to raise funds for Trump’s political comeback, which she called “an extraordinary, devastating moment in US history.”

She wrote an essay On Wednesday, readers are urged to donate to help the country “resist four more years of (Trump).”

Musk, who bought what was then known as Twitter in late 2022 and renamed it X, has been an enthusiastic supporter of Trump during the campaign.

Trump rewarded Musk with a name on Tuesday him as co-chairman of a newly created Ministry of Government Efficiency — a non-governmental entity that will act as an advisory panel to the new government.

Musk has pledged to use his business acumen and connections to the technology world to cut red tape and cut spending.

Trump’s victory and Musk’s role in promoting his candidacy had netizens abuzz migrate to competing apps like Bluesky and Threads.