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…

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.

  • FartsWithAnAccent
    51•8 months ago

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

    • @glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34•8 months ago

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

      • FartsWithAnAccent
        7•8 months ago

        We’ll see how profitable it really was in the long run, but short term profits seem to blind most corporations which is practically and fiscally foolish.

        • @glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3•8 months ago

          They obviously still get the clicks to justify the cost of advertising or they wouldn’t do it. If one of them fails in a decade, no one is going to look back and say it was because they didn’t leave Twitter when Elmo bought it…