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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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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year 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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Under any other circumstance, an excellent set up to a Paris joke; but they’re right.

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