Germany’s three main left-wing parties on Monday jointly announced they are leaving Elon Musk’s X over what they describe as a surge in disinformation on the social media platform.<\/p>\n
The three parties – the Social Democrats (SPD), the junior partner in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition, and the opposition Greens and The Left – said “X has descended into chaos in recent years” in statements posted on social media.<\/p>\n
“Political debates thrive on dialogue and on reaching and informing people,” the SPD parliamentary group wrote on Facebook. “We no longer wish to support a platform such as X, which promotes right-wing populist content, hate speech and disinformation.”<\/p>\n
The post includes a photo of Musk at a lectern, holding up his right arm in what appears to be a Hitler salute.<\/p>\n
Musk, who bought the short-messaging app then called Twitter for some $44 billion in 2022, has come in for increased criticism over far-right views.<\/p>\n
He sparked major outrage in January 2025, when he conducted gestures on stage during the inauguration of US President Donald Trump, with many identifying them as a Nazi salute. Musk dismissed the claims.<\/p>\n
Many politicians, celebrities and businesses have left X since he took over, as user complaints mounted over how the platform changed under Musk’s leadership, including an increased spread of disinformation and hate speech.<\/p>\n
In Germany, many senior politicians including Chancellor Friedrich Merz are still regularly posting on X, but an initiative reportedly launched by the Greens’ political executive director Pegah Edalatian appears intent on triggering a renewed exodus.<\/p>\n
X has become “a gateway for disinformation and an aggressive culture of debate,” she told outlet Table.Media.<\/p>\n
The hashtag #WirVerlassenX (#WeAreLeavingX), which was used by all three parties in announcing their decision, was trending in Germany on the platform on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Germany’s three main left-wing parties on Monday jointly announced they are leaving Elon Musk’s X over what they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9353,393,5,8386,9354],"class_list":["post-10142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-disinformation","tag-friedrich-merz","tag-germany","tag-musk","tag-social-democrats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}