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Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer'

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Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer'

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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to

World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months ago

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a "gigantic global sewer" that was "destroying our democracies" by spreading abuse and misinformation.

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Why not a controlled tire fire:

https://youtu.be/XvkD4QgMtWg?si=2R0l3B6_xn7Oc_DD

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