{"id":3471,"date":"2026-07-03T07:06:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:06:36","slug":"u-k-culture-secretary-lisa-nandy-quits-elon-musks-x-over-abuse-and-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3471","title":{"rendered":"U.K. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy Quits Elon Musk\u2019s X Over \u2018Abuse and Misinformation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\nLisa Nandy, the U.K.\u2019s Culture Secretary, said Thursday that she is leaving X, and that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will follow suit.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3469\">\u2018Brothers for Life,\u2019 \u2018Thousand Dollar Baby\u2019 Lead Skyline Media, Galaxy Play\u2019s International Sales Slate (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn what could be her final post on the platform, Nandy wrote: \u201cI\u2019ve decided to leave this platform and my department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favors abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn\u2019t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don\u2019t want to support it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNandy said she will remain active on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>\n<em>Variety<\/em> has reached out to X for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe move makes Nandy one of the most senior members of Prime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s government to depart the platform. She joins the Attorney General\u2019s Office, which pulled out of X last month, becoming the first U.K. government department to do so; the DCMS is now the second. The attorney general told MPs the platform \u201cconstantly descends to racism and misogyny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNandy\u2019s own scrutiny of the platform is not new; she has spoken out before about its handling of user safety and false content. That scrutiny comes as X faces mounting regulatory pressure in Britain. Media regulator Ofcom opened a formal investigation into X on Jan. 12, after reports that the Grok chatbot had been used to generate and circulate illegal, nonconsensual intimate images. The regulator has since sent X legally binding requests for information; as of Ofcom\u2019s most recent update, the case remains open and X has told Ofcom it introduced new safeguards, though no findings have been issued. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3467\">AI-Created Indian Musical Microdrama \u2018Mohini \u2013 Khud Se Pyaar\u2019 Unveils Debut Track \u2018Angaat Aalay Ka\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe U.K.\u2019s Information Commissioner\u2019s Office and the European Commission are running parallel probes, and Ofcom has the power to fine X up to \u00a318 million ($24 million) or 10% of its worldwide revenue, whichever is greater.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNandy\u2019s departure adds to a string of institutional exits from X since Elon Musk\u2018s 2022 takeover and rebrand from Twitter, including The Guardian, NPR and the European Federation of Journalists, which represents more than 320,000 journalists worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3465\">LISTEN: How David Fincher and Zach Cregger Secretly Shaped Netflix\u2019s Video Game-TV Hybrid \u2018Unhinged\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lisa Nandy, U.K.&#8217;s culture secretary, quits X, citing &#8216;abuse and misinformation&#8217; on the platform; her department will also leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[106,2862],"class_list":["post-3471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital","tag-elon-musk","tag-lisa-nandy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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