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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    7 months ago

    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.

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    7 months ago

    She is just running away from a scandal of her using public funds for a holiday while in a mission in French Polynesia. Now she is turning that into a statement

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    7 months ago

    Isn’t she the one with the big sewer improvement project to stop flooding the Seine with poop water whenever it storms? She must be basically an expert on sewers among politicians by now, so I’ll trust that assessment.

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    7 months ago

    Old and busted: Twitter is the global town square
    New hotness: X is the global town sewer

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    7 months ago

    NOW she thinks it’s a sewer, but she’s ignored all the BS that was always there?

    It’s always been a sewer.

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    7 months ago

    I mean it was fine until social media companies knowingly were causing genocide and destroying democracies in Asia, South America and Africa.

    But now it’s in your face,

    “I don’t like this. 😭”

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    I’m curious to see where politicians end up after ditching X. I want to believe that governments could set up their own lemmy/bluesky instances. But my gut is telling me Meta owned platforms will win out due to ease of use and their ability to comply with local European laws.