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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
George Lithgow

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and department quit Elon Musk’s X over ‘abuse and misinformation’

Tech billionaire Elon Musk has posted about Tommy Robinson on his platform X (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA) - (PA Archive)

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has announced she is leaving X because the Elon Musk-owned platform “favours abuse and misinformation”.

The MP said the social media site “isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities”, and that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport would also be leaving.

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