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Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a ‘gigantic global sewer’ (www.reuters.com)
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Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a ‘gigantic global sewer’::Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a "gigantic global sewer" that was "destroying our democracies" by spreading abuse and misinformation.

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 40 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The EU has set a great example on Mastodon for how it should be used. They host the server and the people who work for the EU can be verified by simply having an account.

[–] the_ocs@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

This is how it should be for any agency or organisation, public or private.

The model of everyone using Twitter/Facebook is practically the same as if everyone used gmail.com as their mail domain.