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Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’
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Lisa Nandy quits X over fears Musk-owned site pushes ‘abuse and misinformation’

The Guardian · Jul 2, 2026, 5:43 PM · Also reported by 1 other source

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Culture secretary says her department will stop using platform, citing concerns over far-right content fuelling violence and division The UK’s culture and media department will stop using X because the site “now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”, Lisa Nandy has announced.The culture secretary’s department is the UK’s second to quit the Elon Musk-owned platform over increasing concerns about the way it highlights and prioritises often inaccurate far-right and racist content and is used to incite violence and division. Continue reading...

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