At least one UK government department is reportedly done with X
Key takeaways
- Attorney General Richard Hermer told staff to stop posting due to racism and violence concerns.
- Ascannio/Shutterstock Richard Hermer, the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland, has reportedly told his department to stop posting official updates on X.
- Far right activists were using the platform to spread disinformation and hate towards immigrants, with X owner Elon Musk further amplifying their voices.
Attorney General Richard Hermer told staff to stop posting due to racism and violence concerns.
Ascannio/Shutterstock Richard Hermer, the Attorney General for England and Wales and Advocate General for Northern Ireland, has reportedly told his department to stop posting official updates on X. According to The Guardian and The Observer, Hermer made his department quit the social network due to concerns that X was being used to incite violence and racism. The last time his office posted on X was on June 12. Prior to that, it posted on the platform pretty frequently, sometimes even more than once a day, with updates about the work the government is doing to tackle various issues in the region.
In a recent speech about the importance of Britain staying with the European Court of Human Rights after Brexit, he said: "We simply cannot let a very small group of crypto-funded millionaires of this world get away with using the debate about the ECHR or drawing closer to the EU to sow more division in this country — we cannot allow them to draw lines between our communities."