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"Elon Musk has accused the ABC of embracing censorship after Australia’s public
broadcaster drastically reduced its presence on X, the social media platform
formerly known as Twitter.
“Well of course they prefer censorship-friendly social media,” Musk posted on X
in reply to an ABC news report about the move. “The Australian public does
not.”
The ABC’s managing director, David Anderson, on Wednesday said the broadcaster
was shutting down almost all of its official accounts on X. He cited “toxic
interactions” on the social media site as a reason for the decision, along with
the cost and better interactions with ABC content on other platforms.
Anderson said the vast majority of the ABC’s social media audience was located
on official sites on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
“We want to focus our effort and resources on where our audiences are,” he
said.
Musk in his response appeared to be reacting to the ABC’s decision to use the
rival social media platforms. Originally a popular platform for journalists, X
has been in steep decline since Musk took over and withdrew the free
authenticating blue tick.
The ABC is the third big public service broadcaster to remove itself from
Twitter, following US broadcasters NPR and PBS in April. NPR and PBS left
Twitter after Musk branded them “state-affiliated media”, later changed to
“government-funded media”, which the ABC was also labelled."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
