Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil deletes his Twitter account. As a reason, he cites the developments on the platform since it was taken over by Elon Musk.
The Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil (SPD), has announced his departure from the short message service Twitter due to criticism of the spread of hate messages. Weil announced on Monday in Hanover that his account, which has existed for eight years, will be deleted on Tuesday. The same applies to the Twitter channel run by the Lower Saxony State Chancellery.
As a reason, Weil referred to developments at Twitter since the company was taken over by tech billionaire Elon Musk. “Lack of controls and lack of verification are increasingly leading to the mass spread of hate and hate speech, misinformation and conspiracy tales on Twitter.” Twitter’s strategy was “apparently deliberately designed to avoid any control and to let the spread of ‘hate speech’ run free under the guise of ‘free speech'”.
Stephan Weil: Twitter so unacceptable
A self-proclaimed advocate for free speech, Musk has fired scores of Twitter employees tasked with moderating content since acquiring the online service. He has also begun unblocking Twitter users banned for spreading disinformation, including former US President Donald Trump.
According to Weil, he had left his Twitter channel idle since the beginning of November because of the current developments, and the decision has now been made to delete it. The development of the platform was “no longer acceptable to him,” he explained. However, his accounts on the social networks Facebook and Instagram would continue, including those of the State Chancellery.
Source: Stern
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