Petition urges public authorities to discontinue their presence on X launched by councillor

A parish councillor has launched a petition urging public authorities to remove themselves from X given the increasingly hostile nature of the platform towards minorities, saying continued engagement is the “antithesis of every councils, every public authority’s DEI strategy”.

Tania Stevenson, an independently elected councillor with Ockbrook and Borrowash Parish Council in Derbyshire, launched the petition on 4 January in response to rising hate and misinformation on X, as well as the unhinged behaviour of its owner Elon Musk and the platform’s paper thin moderation system which certainly doesn’t support trans folks or wider LGBTQ+ people.

X, formerly known as Twitter, was purchased by tech billionaire Elon Musk April 2022 for approximately $44 billion (£34.75 billion) and since then the platform has become increasingly rife with misinformation, conspiracy

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