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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Eleni Courea Political correspondent

Politicians and public should consider quitting X, says Liverpool mayor

Steve Rotheram talks to the media in Southport: he is in a street and microphones are being held in front of his face; a TV camera is to one side of him
Steve Rotheram talks to the media in Southport, 31 July 2024. The Liverpool mayor said X had a ‘causational effect’ on the violence that followed the fatal stabbing in his area. Photograph: Belinda Jiao/Reuters

Politicians and the public should consider quitting Elon Musk’s X platform en masse, the Labour mayor of the Liverpool city region has said after riots spread in his area.

Steve Rotheram, who has more than 75,000 followers on X, and whose region covers Southport where three girls were stabbed to death two weeks ago, said misinformation on the platform had contributed to the far-right-led riots.

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