Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo to quit Musk’s ‘global sewer’ X as city gears up for 2024 Summer Olympics
- Anne Hidalgo joined the platform in 2009 when it was known as Twitter, accused X of promoting ‘misinformation’, ‘antisemitism and racism’
- Her office said that Paris City Hall is keeping its own separate account on X.
“With its thousands of anonymous accounts and its troll farms, life on Twitter is the exact opposite of democratic life,” Mayor Anne Hidalgo said in a long post titled “Why I am leaving Twitter”.
“I refuse to endorse this evil scheme,” she wrote.
The 64-year-old, who unsuccessfully stood for the presidency in 2022, joined Twitter, as it was then known, in 2009 and has been a frequent user of the platform, accused X of promoting “misinformation”, “antisemitism and racism”.
An Associated Press request for comment emailed to X got an automated reply, “Busy now, please check back later.”
Her office said that Paris City Hall is keeping its own separate account on X.
Hidalgo’s withdrawal from X follows a fractious period for the mayor. She has faced criticism from political opponents over the expense and need for a trip she made in October to the French South Pacific territories of New Caledonia and Tahiti.