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UK culture minister quits X over ‘abuse and misinformation’
Key takeaways
- UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport will also stop using social media platform.
- Nandy previously raised concerns about online safety and the spread of misinformation on the platform.
- In a post on X on Thursday, she announced the Department of Culture, Media and Sport will also be exiting the platform, which she added “isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities”.
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UK Department of Culture, Media and Sport will also stop using social media platform.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo The UK's Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Lisa Nandy arrives to a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London on March 4, 2025 [File: Henry Nicholls/AFP]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026The United Kingom’s Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has quit X, accusing the social media platform of promoting “abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate”.
Nandy previously raised concerns about online safety and the spread of misinformation on the platform.
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