Police forces have stopped using Elon Musk’s X social media platform amid concerns about misinformation.
X, formerly named Twitter before Musk’s takeover in 2022, was used to spread false information that sparked riots across Britain this summer.
The app has also reinstated British based accounts that were previously banned for extremist content.
Musk’s comment in August that civil war in Britain was ‘inevitable’ drew rebukes from Downing Street and police leaders.
Critics argue that Musk’s approach fosters hate speech, although the businessman said he is defending free speech and branded Britain a ‘police state’.
North Wales Police stopped posting on X in October, it was reported, while other forces are moving in the same direction, according to a new survey carried out by Reuters.
The survey visually monitored posts on X from 44 territorial police and British Transport Police over the three months to November 13, focusing on those that had noticeably fewer posts, comparing their output to a year previously.
West Midlands Police, one of Britain’s biggest police forces, reduced its X posts by around 95 per cent in that period.