Madrid (Spain), November 14 (ANI): Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia has announced that it will no longer publish tweets directly on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, and will suspend its accounts.

“This newspaper notes that ideas that violate human rights, such as hatred of ethnic minorities, misogyny and racism, are part of the viral content distributed on X, where they go viral and capture more time for users to earn more money from insertions advertising. “, the statement added.

In addition to the decision to stop publishing on X, this newspaper said that it will continue to monitor the people, entities, companies and institutions on this network in order to promptly inform its readers about the messages and debates that may appear on it.

Notably, the paper said its decision comes as Donald Trump announced he will appoint Elon Musk and former Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new Department for Government Efficiency (DOGE) aimed at reducing US government spending.

The Spanish newspaper’s decision comes after British news publisher The Guardian said on Wednesday it was dropping X, citing billionaire owner Elon Musk’s influence during the US presidential election process. The Guardian said in a statement that the publication said it would no longer post from any official Guardian accounts on the site. In addition, he said the recent US election underscored his view that X is a “toxic” platform and that Musk is using it to influence politics.

Last year, American media organization National Public Radio (NPR) stopped posting on X after the social media platform labeled it “state-affiliated media”.

PBS, a US public television station, suspended its posts for the same reason.

Meanwhile, after the 2024 US presidential election, which confirmed Trump’s victory, social media platform X has seen the biggest exodus of users since Elon Musk acquired it in 2022, with users migrating to alternatives such as Bluesky, CNN reported.

More than 1,15,000 US users deactivated their X accounts the day after the election, and that figure only includes those who deactivated through the website, excluding mobile app users, CNN reported citing a report by digital intelligence platform Similarweb.

This change follows Musk’s influential role in the US presidential election. Bluesky’s user base doubled in 90 days to 15 million after gaining 1 million new signups in a single week (ANI)

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