The paper singled out Elon Musk, saying that the recent U.S. election underlined its view that X is a “toxic” platform and that Musk uses it to influence politics. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

The Guardian quits ‘toxic’ X over Elon Musk using it to influence politics – POLITICO

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U.K. newspaper The Guardian is leaving social media platform X, citing billionaire owner Elon Musk’s influence during the U.S. election process.

The left-leaning daily said in a statement Wednesday that it will no longer post from any official Guardian accounts on the site formerly known as Twitter.

“We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives and that resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere,” it said.