{"id":16230,"date":"2025-02-11T10:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/x-and-municipal-values-why-a-halifax-councillor-wants-the-city-to-stop-using-it-halifax\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:39:38","slug":"x-and-municipal-values-why-a-halifax-councillor-wants-the-city-to-stop-using-it-halifax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/x-and-municipal-values-why-a-halifax-councillor-wants-the-city-to-stop-using-it-halifax\/","title":{"rendered":"X and \u2018municipal values\u2019: Why a Halifax councillor wants the city to stop using it – Halifax"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Halifax council is being asked to consider not using the social media platform X<\/a> because it goes against \u201cmunicipal values,\u201d says one councillor.<\/p>\n

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Halifax Regional Municipality has used the social media platform, previously known as Twitter<\/a>, to share updates on municipal topics since 2010.<\/p>\n

But Coun. Laura White has submitted a motion requesting city staff determine the feasibility of ending its activity on the platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past two-plus years since Elon Musk acquired Twitter (now X) the platform has become less congenial, informative and useful, and more toxic,\u201d the motion reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith Musk now a \u2018special government employee\u2019 of the Trump administration, it is very clear that platform goes against our municipal values of evidence-based decision making and diversity, equity, inclusion & accessibility, to name a few. X is no longer a medium that many reputable organizations are comfortable associating with.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Council will be debating the motion on Tuesday\u2019s meeting. White declined an interview on Monday, but said she would speak about the issue after council has addressed her motion.<\/p>\n

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Digital anthropologist Giles Crouch says lack of moderation since Elon Musk\u2019s acquisition of the company has caused many users to leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen moderation stopped and he opened it up to anyone can say whatever they want, all the people who were trolls, nasty people in other places, all of a sudden they had a public sphere,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd they felt their ideologies could be expressed much more easily.\u201d<\/p>\n

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