ABC exiting Twitter: Australia’s national broadcaster shuts down almost all accounts on Elon Musk’s X

The ABC in Australia is to leave Twitter – or X as it has been recently renamed. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images

The ABC is shutting down almost all of its official accounts on Twitter – now known as X under Elon Musk’s ownership – citing “toxic interactions”, cost and better interaction with ABC content on other social media platforms.

There will only be four remaining official accounts for Australia’s public broadcaster: @abcnews, @abcsport, @abcchinese and the master @abcaustralia account. ABC Chinese reaches Chinese-speaking audiences on X.