The ministry of defence in Germany on Wednesday suspended all their activities on X (Twitter) Social Media platform, this was as a result of been used for spreading fake information under its owner Elon Musk.
The ministry said “it will no longer post on the channel for the foreseeable future”, justifying the move by saying that “the fact-based exchange of arguments is becoming increasingly difficult” on the platform.
The ministry is the latest one to have joined other host of public institutions in Germany to have announced they will suspend activity on the platform or leave it totally
Last week, more than 60 German universities said they were turning their backs on the site.
The statement read apart “current direction is not compatible with the basic values of the institutions concerned — openness to the world, scientific integrity, transparency and democratic discourse”, they said.
The German defence ministry said that it “reserved the right to react on X in exceptional cases, such as to react to disinformation”.
It said it would henceforth use a channel on WhatsApp, owned by rival US tech company Meta, to proactively share information
