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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

Westminster’s reliance on Elon Musk’s X is ‘totally wrong’, says Labour MP

Elon Musk
The X owner renewed his attack on the Labour government last month after not receiving an invitation to Monday’s international investment summit. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Westminster needs to wean itself off X, a close ally of Keir Starmer has said, as he suggested that Elon Musk was deliberately manipulating its algorithm to boost his own political and personal interests.

Josh Simons, the MP for Makerfield and former head of the Starmerite thinktank Labour Together, said he believed the British political class was dangerously addicted to the platform, formerly known as Twitter. Simons maintains an active X profile, but says he is keen not to “overuse” it.

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