Barcelona-based newspaper La Vanguardia joins Britain’s The Guardian in leaving Elon Musk’s

The SPANISH newspaper La Vanguardia follows in the footsteps of the British publication The Guardian and drops X (formerly Twitter).

After closing its accounts on billionaire Elon Musk’s social network on Wednesday, citing accusations that the platform is “toxic,” the Barcelona-based newspaper has announced that it will stop posting tweets directly to X and will suspend his accounts.

La Vanguardia states that the platform has become “a space where conspiracy theories and disinformation find an echo chamber.”

However, it will “continue to monitor people, entities, companies and institutions on the network to keep its readers informed of posts and debates that may take place there.”

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The Guardian announced on Wednesday that “the US presidential election has served to confirm” what they have thought for some time: that X is a “toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has used his influence to shape political debate.” ‘.

The decision of the two newspapers follows the example of other media outlets and institutions that have also decided to disconnect from the social network.

NPR, the US national public radio station, decided to suspend its accounts on X in April last year. The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) also took similar action.

La Vanguardia explained that its decision “coincides with Donald Trump’s announcement to appoint Elon Musk and former Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to head a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), with the aim of making cuts to the US government ‘.

Director Jordi Juan published an article in which he stated that the intention is ‘not to contribute to the traffic that La Vanguardia generates for the growth of this platform’.

He added that La Vanguardia journalists were free to maintain their personal accounts on X.