French regional daily Ouest-France, the top-selling paper in the country, is the latest in a string of European publications to suspend posts on X, formerly Twitter. The social media platform is accused of enabling the spread of disinformation under its owner Elon Musk, an ally of US president-elect Donald Trump.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•2 hours ago

    French are using Twitter a lot. Even people that are considered pretty far to the left. I’ve tried to discuss this with a few french connections I have and it’s always “but that’s where the people are”…

    • @LetmeEnglish
      1•1 hour ago

      Slaves to fashion

  • FartsWithAnAccent
    22•5 hours ago

    It’s insane that so many places chose and are still choosing to stay and keep court at this place.

    • @glimseEnglish
      13•4 hours ago

      I can’t believe these giant companies put profit over morals. It just doesn’t make sense!

  • @PrivacyDingusEnglish
    9•4 hours ago

    X the everything (except the guardian, ouest-france etc.) app

  • OpenStarsEnglish
    12•5 hours ago

    Interesting, I think they legitimately don’t know what they’ll do instead:

    “Strictly speaking, there are no alternatives to what X offers today,” Vincent Berthier, head of the technology department at RSF (Reporters Without Borders) told AFP.

    “But we may need to invent them.”

    I imagine they’ll end up on Bluesky, possibly also on Mastodon?

  • M33English
    -1•3 hours ago

    Here, a baguette : ##########