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Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announces Monday, November 27, she is quitting the X platform formerly known as Twitter.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/europe/paris-mayor-hidalgo-quits-x-platform/
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00:00 Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announces Monday, November 27, she is quitting the ex-platform formerly known as Twitter
00:07 She calls it a "gigantic global sewer" destroying our democracies by spreading abuse and misinformation
00:14 The socialist politician, who had a failed bid for the French presidency, garnered 1.7% of the vote in 2022
00:21 Hidalgo's campaign to transform Paris into a cycling capital earned her both scorn and praise on social media over the years
00:29 After buying Twitter in 2022, Elon Musk laid off thousands of employees, including many who moderated content on the platform
00:37 X lost several major advertisers and was blasted by critics, including the White House, for not doing enough to curtail antisemitism
00:45 (upbeat music)
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