Germany's Ministry of Defense has announced that Elon Musk will no longer actively post on his social media site X, amid growing calls to censor the platform in Europe.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense (BMVg) said: statement He will not “actively” post on X's account “for the time being.”
The ministry, now led by Boris Pistorius of the left-wing Social Democratic Party, claimed it had left the platform mainly because it was “increasingly difficult to exchange fact-based arguments”.
BMVg said it will begin publishing news and decisions from the defense minister on its WhatsApp channel and will continue to be active on the Mehta-owned Instagram platform.
The decision comes days after X owner Elon Musk held a live “Space” interview with Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader and prime ministerial candidate Alice Weidel.
Unfortunately for Berlin's political establishment, Musk has become a vocal supporter of anti-mass immigration parties. claim Only the AfD can “save Germany.''
The German Defense Ministry's move comes amid growing calls to censor X across Europe. On Sunday, French Ecologists (Green Party) leader Marine Tondelier called for the platform to be “banned in Europe.”
“We must act strongly to protect information in our territory,” the Green politician insisted, According to to release newspaper.
Tonderia also called on fellow leftist New Popular Front parliamentary coalition members to abandon X, demanding that “we all have to leave Twitter.”
“The social network Twitter is not only a nuisance, but also dangerous. The problem of leaving it alone clearly arises, but that alone is not enough. It must be banned,” she said. I wrote With X.
The leading ecologist, who has continued to post on the platform ever since, was ironically forced to apologize this week for spreading misinformation himself.
“Yesterday at noon, I said on RTL that 40 percent of Gaza's population has been exterminated since October 2023. This is wrong and I apologize,” she said. Posted With X.
Tonderia insisted there was no “deliberate intention to present clearly false numbers” and that she had misunderstood the government's report. lancetWhich reported The number of deaths in Gaza was said to have been underreported by 40 percent. Still, the left-wing politician said he would not back down from describing the region's conflicts as “genocide.”
