{"id":599166,"date":"2023-11-27T23:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T20:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/paris-mayor-calls-x-a-global-sewer\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T23:29:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T20:29:59","slug":"paris-mayor-calls-x-a-global-sewer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/paris-mayor-calls-x-a-global-sewer\/","title":{"rendered":"#Paris mayor calls X a \u2018global sewer\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/AP23305462183981-e1700147358965.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The mayor of Paris says she is quitting X, formerly Twitter, arguing the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> platform has \u201cbecome a gigantic global sewer\u201d that counters democracy and peaceful debate. <\/p>\n<p>In a lengthy post titled \u201cWhy I am leaving Twitter\u201d on Monday, Anne Hidalgo <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anne_Hidalgo\/status\/1729079532240384196\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anne_Hidalgo\/status\/1729079532240384196\">said it has<\/a> \u201cbecome an impressive tool for destroying our democracies.\u201d <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cToday, controversy, rumor and crude manipulation rule public debate, fueled by Twitter\u2019s algorithm, where the only thing that counts is the number of \u2018likes.\u2019 Facts are irrelevant,\u201d Hidalgo wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Without directly naming Elon Musk, she said under \u201cits owner\u201d the platform \u201cintentionally exacerbates tensions and conflicts.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis medium has become a gigantic global sewer, and we should continue to wade into it?\u201d Hidalgo asked, adding later, \u201cWith its thousands of anonymous accounts and its troll farms, life on Twitter is the exact opposite of democratic life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Hill has reached out to X for comment.<\/p>\n<p>X has come under renewed scrutiny since the beginning of Israel\u2019s war with militant group Hamas last month, with organizations including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) accusing the platform and Musk of allowing antisemitic messages since he purchased it last year. <\/p>\n<p>Since acquiring the platform, the tech billionaire made numerous controversial changes, including easing some of its content moderation policies, which critics say has rapidly increased the spread of hate speech and misinformation.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Musk himself faced backlash earlier this month after he <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to endorse an antisemitic conspiracy theory that suggested antisemitism was carried out by minorities and that Jewish people were to blame. <\/p>\n<p>Controversy struck again days later when a report from liberal watchdog Media Matters for America said it found ads for companies including Apple, Bravo, Oracle, Xfinity and IBM placed next to posts celebrating\u00a0Adolf Hitler\u00a0and the Nazi Party on the platform. Several companies\u00a0halted their ad spending\u00a0as a result.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk is suing Media Matters in response, calling the report a \u201cfraudulent attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Hidalgo\u2019s office said the decision to leave X was not a response to the platform\u2019s recent controversies, but rather a choice made over time, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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In a lengthy post titled \u201cWhy I am leaving Twitter\u201d on Monday, Anne Hidalgo said it has \u201cbecome an impressive tool for destroying our democracies.\u201d \u201cToday, controversy,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":599167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/AP23305462183981-e1700147358965.jpg?w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[134344,147292,134594,134353,39394,73014,90482,133498,124783,20671,10401,78252],"class_list":["post-599166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-administration","tag-anne-hidalgo","tag-antisemitism","tag-court-battles","tag-elon-musk","tag-health-care","tag-house","tag-in-the-know","tag-international","tag-paris","tag-twitter","tag-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}