Dan GillmorAug 9, 2023

Important development in the journalism / social media world: Australia's big broadcaster, ABC, is shutting down its Twitter presence due to the growing toxicity at the Saudi-government-funded site. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/09/abc-australia-leaves-twitter-x-elon-musk?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Naturally, Musk responded with his usual deceit, an absurd claim about free speech mumble mumble.

#journalism

ABC exiting Twitter: Australia’s national broadcaster shuts down almost all accounts on Elon Musk’s X

The public broadcaster says interactions on the platform are ‘toxic’ as it closes almost all its Twitter accounts

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@dangillmor really? I still see their x’s on X.
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