The British newspaper The Guardian has announced the discontinuation of posting updates on Twitter/X citing the platform’s toxic content, such as far-right ideologies, xenophobia, and its use by influential figures like Elon Musk for political influence. This policy only applies to official Guardian accounts, with no blocking of access to shared links from Twitter/X. Journalists may still include Twitter/X links in news content as deemed appropriate, and are free to utilize the platform like any other social network.
The Guardian recommends direct access to news through their website theguardian.com as the best method, made possible by their reader-funded business model, eliminating the need to rely on social media traffic.
TLDR: The Guardian ceases posting on Twitter/X due to toxic content, redirects readers to their website for news access.
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