Posted 11/28/2023, 8:31:12 AM
Mayor of Paris Exits Twitter, Decrying Platform's Impacts on Democracy
- Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo quits Twitter, calls it a "global sewer" destroying democracies
- Cites surge in hate speech and disinformation under Elon Musk's ownership
- Twitter accused of allowing "engineers of chaos" to seize control of public debate
- Hidalgo remains on other platforms but takes stand against Twitter's impacts
- Twitter faces scrutiny after Musk endorsed antisemitic post, prompting advertiser exodus