Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF are drastically reducing their communications via the social network X (formerly Twitter).
French-language RTS said that since X was taken over by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022 it no longer corresponded to the company’s journalistic values.
“Dialogue with our followers is no longer possible [on X], because they are being held hostage by trolls and bots and subjected to hate campaigns and defamation,” RTS spokesman Marco Ferrara told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-ATS on Friday.
The withdrawal is scheduled to take place over the next few months. RTS currently manages around 15 accounts on the platform. “We will maintain a presence with the @RadioTeleSuisse corporate account to keep an eye on things and be able to intervene, for example in the event of our identity being stolen,” he added.
6 Comments
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 49 pts · 2y
I wish everyone would withdraw from Twitter.
ad_on_is@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
especially those who think it's a good idea to post important updates on X.
spacejunkjim@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y
There’s always a home for them on the Fediverse!
toothpaste_sandwich@feddit.nl · 17 pts · 2y
Good. Now switch to the Fediverse.
MamboGator@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
ordellrb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
danke srf, geili sieche
z9t377ankd@lemy.lol · -13 pts · 2y
I'm a simple man, i see X in the title and i downvote