Tim Davie says BBC will stay on X to try to stem ‘flood’ of global misinformation

Tim Davie speaking to MPs on the public accounts committee. He said Russia, China, Iran and others spent billions on media to promote their geopolitical goals. Photograph: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA

The BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, has said he will not be taking the broadcaster off Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, saying that its presence is needed to resist a flood of global misinformation.

Davie said he had come under pressure to withdraw from the platform, given numerous complaints that it has shifted significantly to the right under Musk’s ownership.