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'Ouest-France' becomes first French newspaper to stop posting on X (www.rfi.fr)

submitted 2 days ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 49 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.world 3 points 2 days 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...