Germany’s defence ministry said Wednesday it was suspending activities on social media platform X, which is accused of enabling the spread of disinformation under its owner Elon Musk....Read Full Article >>➤
The ministry said it “will no longer post proactively on the channel for the foreseeable future”, justifying the move by saying that “the fact-based exchange of arguments is becoming increasingly difficult” on the platform.
The ministry is the latest of a host of public institutions in Germany to have announced they will suspend activity on the platform or leave it altogether.
Last week, a group of more than 60 German universities said they were turning their backs on the site. Its “current direction is not compatible with the basic values of the institutions concerned — openness to the world, scientific integrity, transparency and democratic discourse”, they said.
The German defence ministry said that it “reserved the right to react on X in exceptional cases, such as to react to disinformation”.
It said it would in future use a channel on WhatsApp, owned by rival US tech company Meta, to proactively share information.
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