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1) The big question for any #Irish or #EU political party is why any of them are still on #X ?

Why would any political party opposed to #billionaire capture of #SocialMedia platforms post anywhere other than a decentralized platform?

The toxic #SiliconValley stack can be escaped. #Mastodon is an obvious exit ramp, based in #Europe. Why aren’t all elected officials there?

The #NewsMedia will follow

@Ciarancuffe #Mastodaoine #IrishPolitics #EUPolitics

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41771657.html

Irish Examiner

As concerns rise over Grok, only one political party has stopped using Elon Musk's X

X has faced sustained criticism because some people are using Grok to remove clothing from real people with a new tool called 'edit image'

Martin Nutty

@mnutty@mastodon.ie replied · 8 hours ago

2) Disengagement with X is begining across multiple agencies in Ireland. The #GreenParty is leading the way

More political leaders need to make the move to the #EUTechStack. For micro blogging #Mastodon is a no brainer

Forsaking X while growing presence across multiple centralized services is an alternative which can be facilitated by a cross platform posting tool. Imperfect but better than supporting the Musk sewer

#SocialMedia

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/01/20/more-state-agencies-leave-x-amid-outcry-over-digital-undressing-tool/

@Ciarancuffe @HazelChu

The Irish Times

Dublin City Council suspends use of X as State agencies leave amid Grok controversy

Country’s largest local authority undertakes review of social media platform use as others sign out for good

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