Exclusive: MPs leaving platform or scaling back use over its ‘deterioration’ under Elon Musk’s ownership

Labour MPs have begun quitting X in alarm over the platform, with one saying Elon Musk had turned it into “a megaphone for foreign adversaries and far-right fringe groups”.

Over the weekend, newly elected MPs took to WhatsApp groups to raise growing concerns about the role X played in the spread of misinformation amid the far-right-led riots in parts of England and Northern Ireland.

Two Labour MPs are known to have told colleagues they were leaving the platform. One of them, Noah Law, has disabled his account. Other MPs who still use X have begun examining alternatives, including Threads, which is owned by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, and the open-source platform Bluesky.

In an article for the Guardian on Monday, a former Twitter executive, Bruce Daisley, said Musk should face personal sanctions and even an arrest warrant if he continues to stir up public disorder online.

  • Buelldozer@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    5 months ago

    If you’re claiming the head UK police officer said he’d kidnap people off the street of a foreign country like the fuckong CIA you’ve made a mistake.

    “We will throw the full force of the law at people. And whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you,” Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley told Sky News.

    Probably from reading too much crap on twitter

    Fuck Xitter, I been on it maybe 4 times in the past decade.

    • FarceOfWill@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      I think you really need to go look up what “extra judicial” means.

      Also, you notice the quote doesn’t mention America at all? You seem to be of the very Angry Americans so perhaps you’re not aware but one UK citizen who has been convicted for this before, and founded a now banned organisation that existed to start these kinds of fights, was tweeting incitement from Cyprus (where he had gone to avoid yet another court appearance)

      To anyone in the UK the quote you’ve given says “Tommy Robinson is gonna get nicked”