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How users can leave Twitter / X – and what are the alternatives

For those among the growing number of UK users planning to leave X, here’s how to do it and a selection of alternative platforms

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2024

John Swinney hits back at 'reprehensible' Elon Musk after Humza Yousaf attack

JOHN Swinney has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of “reprehensible” and “baseless” language aimed towards former first minister Humza…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 12, 2024

When is Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump and how can you watch?

Republican presidential nominee faces questions from backer and former critic

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2024

Elon Musk’s X could lose 4% of its global annual turnover for "quietly" training Grok using data from 60 million users in the EU without consent

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could fine X up to 4% of its global annual turnover if the platform can't establish a legal basis for using users' data to train its chatbot without their consent.

Windows Central · Aug 12, 2024

Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief

Bruce Daisley calls for ‘beefed-up’ online safety laws and compares tech billionaires to unaccountable oligarchs

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024

As an ex-Twitter boss, I have a way to grab Elon Musk’s attention. If he keeps stirring unrest, get an arrest warrant

It cannot be right that Musk can sow discord without personal risk. Perhaps fear of unexpected detention will concentrate his mind, says Bruce Daisley, former vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Twitter

The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2024

Independence supporters rally around Humza Yousaf amid Elon Musk clash

SUPPORT has poured in for Humza Yousaf as his war of words with Twitter/X owner Elon Musk continued on Sunday...

The National (Scotland) · Aug 12, 2024

Keir Starmer’s complicated relationship with Elon Musk’s X

After a government minister says she has deleted X, formerly Twitter, from her phone because it has become ‘a place of misery’, Kate Devlin looks at the difficult relationship between Labour politicians and the site

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2024

Social media site X is ‘only a place of misery’, Government minister says

Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and violence against women and girls, spoke out after a spat between the PM and X boss Elon Musk.

Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2024

Jess Phillips calls X a ‘place of misery’ as she vows to scale back use

Labour minister says she removed social media platform’s app from her mobile phone when Elon Musk took over

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2024