The #BelfastTelegraph reports:

"Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and #violence against #women and #girls spoke out in the wake of a spat between UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the platform’s boss, Elon Musk."
".... she scaled back her use of the social media platform #X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”. 👇
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk…

Great decision, #JessPhilips! 👏
You are a role model for politicians and educational institutions.

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Social media site X is ‘only a place of misery’, Government minister says

A UK government minister told how she scaled back her use of the social media platform X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”.

^{By Katrine Bussey, PA Scotland Political Editor (BelfastTelegraph.co.uk)}

First #universities in Germany leave X/Twitter

At the end of last year, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences announced its withdrawal from #X / #Twitter. President Prof. Steinmetz justified the move:

"We have observed with growing discomfort the consequences of inadequate content moderation on 'X'. Discriminatory and anti-Semitic content, conspiracy narratives, political #disinformation and even calls for #violence were able to spread rapidly on 'X', ... We no longer want to be found in this environment. We can no longer reconcile this with our values: ... As a community of diverse people, #tolerance and respectful interaction with one another is important to us."

h-da.de/meldung-einzelansicht/…

Bravo, #h_da!
There is an urgent need for universities to compare their mission statements with the behavior of the major advertising platforms and draw conclusions.
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