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Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer'

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Paris mayor quits X platform, calling it a 'gigantic global sewer'

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World [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday announced she was quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter, calling it a "gigantic global sewer" that was "destroying our democracies" by spreading abuse and misinformation.

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We did: https://social.overheid.nl/about (Dutch)
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  That’s so cool!
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  Unfortunately as of the elections last month now our government will itself be an extreme-right cesspool. They will actually belong on Twitter :'(

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