The French are those who most massively leave Elon Musk network X in Europe – Liberation

It is an obligation set by the European Union and its Digital Services Act (DSA): Social network X (ex-Twitter), owned by the far-right billionaire Elon Musk, is required to publish the site attendance figures. The data, delivered in A tuft report published at the end of April by the platform and spotted by the American media Politico This Wednesday, April 30, report on a massive leakage of European users. Since August 2024, the platform has lost 11 million users on the old continent, from around 105 to less than 95 million people today active on X. This represents a fall of around 10 % in a few months.

An exodus to which the French have mainly contributed, since 2.7 million tricolor internet users have deserted the richest man’s social network in the world. It is then Polish (1.8 million) and German (1.3 million) users who complement the podium of the disappointed X.

The criticisms continue to swell since the buyout of Twitter by Elon Musk in 2022. The multimillionaire had quickly changed the rules of the platform, especially in terms of moderation, amplifying the disinformation and the speeches of hatred visible on the site.

Support for Donald Trump during the campaign, his Nazi salvation during the inauguration of the Republican Presidentthen his federal cost-killer post finished convincing a number of X users to get their sails. Around the world, companies, administrations or even media – of which Release – have decided to close their account or stop sharing content on the site.

Musk’s repeated slippages also detect on Another of its societies, Tesla. Sales of electric vehicles of the company fell 50 % in January and February. The magnate planned to leave the Trump administration in a few days or weeks, to devote itself more to its business.