Authority to stop using ‘vile platform’ X with ‘little respect for decency’

A DERBYSHIRE council has agreed to stop using X (formerly Twitter) after councillors referred to it as a “vile platform” which allowed misinformation, racism and transphobia to spread unchecked.

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At an Erewash Borough Council meeting this month, Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and Green councillors approved the plan to scrap the authority's presence on Twitter/X, while Reform UK members opposed the move.

The council has been using the social media platform, among others, since April 2010, gathering 5,500 followers.

However, it says its own newsletter trumps this take-up, having 18,000 subscribers, while it has 17,000 followers on Facebook.

Councillor Ann Mills, Green Party, who brought the motion, told the meeting: “I've never been on X, I've avoided it like the plague for a long time.