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Following The Guardian, La Vanguardia Leaves X
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The Facts
Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia, which has about 1.3M followers on X (formerly Twitter), announced Thursday that it will no longer be posting content on the Elon Musk-owned social media platform, calling it a "disinformation network."
Also in its announcement, which came a day after British newspaper The Guardian announced the same, La Vanguardia called X a platform of "conspiracy theories and disinformation."
The Spin
Left narrative
Under Musk, there's been a dangerous rise in racism, fake news, and far-right ideology on X. These boycotts show news outlets and users can take a stand against a platform that's certain to continue promoting the harmful MAGA agenda with Trump's return to the White House. There are better, more ethical alternatives to X everyone can use.
Right narrative
These boycotts, made in embarrassing fits of rage, prove the point that left-leaning media outlets oppose freedom of speech. As these woke outlets no longer bother to disguise their far-left agenda and left-wing activists continue throwing tantrums over having to face different opinions, X will continue to be a public square for everyone.