Slovenia: ruling party announces stop using Twitter

Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, whose party has announced that it will stop using the social network Twitter.

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The ruling party in Slovenia, Gibanje Svoboda (Freedom Movement, in French) announced on Saturday November 26 to stop using Twitter.

In question, the fear of indecent communication and the open door to hate speech after the takeover by the American billionaire Elon Musk.

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Liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob's report to the Twitter social network of the Movement for Freedom contrasts with his conservative predecessor Janez Jansa.

The latter is a follower of untimely, outrageous, sometimes even anti-Semitic tweets.

This had earned him the nickname "

 ".  

Robert Golob therefore leaves the platform precisely to fight against the "

 " and the multiplication of "

 ".

For technical reasons, his Twitter account was blocked for three weeks.

Experience would have taught him that he did not need it to communicate effectively with citizens.

This choice comes at a time when Elon Musk announced to

, apart from those having violated.

A week ago, Donald Trump's profile was restored.

Why such decisions?

According to the new owner of the social network, Twitter is a digital public place with too severe restrictions.

However, the platform will have to respect European laws.

They oblige it to remove illegal content as quickly as possible and to actively fight against disinformation, at the risk of being banned.

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