Some legislators in California leave X

In the last few months, some lawmakers of democratic countries have joined Reported consumers’ emigration On the social media website X, previously known as Twitter. These include assemblies Tina McKiner of Inglewood, Mark Berman of Palo Alto and Akila Weber Pearson of San Diego.

The most new is Sen. WienerWho on Wednesday said he was moving away from the platform because of “escalating negative changes“X. San Francisco’s legislator has been a consumer since 2009, but quoted” extremist content, endless junk/spam publications and quirky changes in the algorithm, “for his reasons for leaving.

• WinkIn a statement, “I liked to use it for so many years – but at that moment it’s a fire of garbage.”

McKiner told me that the platform “got very bad” and was distracting. “At 60, I have never been directed by people in my life,” she said. “It’s not healthy and doesn’t make you feel safe.”

The website is owned by 2022 by Elon Musk, Technology Magno and current leader of the White House of White House Ministry of Government Efficiency under the administration of President Donald Trump.

Since its absorption, the company tingled thousands of jobsincluding deep cuts of his Moderation., trust and safety and accessibility teams; reversed the ban on Several dividing public figures; and bent down Communityas a fact -managed factual -controlled function. (Although Musk has Have recently expressed doubts about this.)

Violently misinformation and misinformation Distribution of the site as well as Higher cases of hate speechhave also been reported.

Musk has said he wants to buy x to Protect the freedom of speechS Assembly Joe PatersonRocklin Republican and regular X user, he told me that the site remains useful for communication with public policy voters and maintaining a connection with reporters, agencies and colleagues within the Capitol Community.

• PattersonTo calm down: “Legislators must be where people are. … When you put yourself there and do things that people disagree with, people become nasty on all platforms. It is not unique to X. ”

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