STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s newspaper of reference, Dagens Nyheter (DN), stated on Friday (Nov 15) it could cease publishing its articles on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, citing a “harsh and excessive” local weather.
DN’s announcement adopted related strikes this week by Britain’s The Guardian and Spain’s La Vanguardia.
“Since Elon Musk took over, the platform has more and more merged along with his and Donald Trump’s political ambitions, whereas the local weather on X has grown extra harsh and excessive,” editor-in-chief Peter Wolodarski stated in an article posted on X.
“Subsequently, we is not going to publish something on there from our official accounts in the meanwhile,” Wolodarski stated.
Musk has constantly courted controversy along with his use of X, notably through the latest United States presidential election when he endorsed victorious Republican candidate Donald Trump.
The tech billionaire and right-wing conspiracy theorist used his private account, boasting practically 205 million followers, to sway voters in favour of Trump.
His incendiary and deceptive posts have been criticised for cranking up the political temperature.
Musk has additionally gutted belief and security groups at X, scaled again content material moderation efforts and restored identified conspiracy theorists to the platform since buying it for US$44 billion in 2022.
