Derbyshire Police joins the growing list of organizations and individuals leaving X (formerly Twitter) due to an increase in online abuse and controversial content from Elon Musk.
A major UK police force has announced it is joining an exodus from Elon Musk 's X, formerly Twitter - after being bombarded with abuse from internet trolls. Derbyshire Police has decided to step back from using the social media platform to communicate with people, other than in 'major incident' circumstances.
The force is the latest in a series of high-profile organisations to make a move away from X, whose owner Musk has been stirring controversy with his prolific posts while also lifting restrictions on previously-banned posters. Many individuals have also been announcing their departures from X and encouraging others to try alternative sites such as Bluesky or Threads instead. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today hit back at Musk over the billionaire Tesla boss's X posts accusing the Labour government of a cover-up on grooming gangs. Responding to questions about Musk's recent barrage of social media posts, the PM told reporters 'a line has been crossed' when Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips and others received serious threats as a result of the 'poison of the far-right'. He said: 'This Government will get on with the job of protecting victims, including of child sexual abuse, mandatory reporting, accelerating the processes, but what I won't tolerate is this discussion and debate based on lies.' Now Derbyshire Police has given an update on its own social media policy, having not posted anything to its 1million X followers since Augus
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