UK police forces quietly withdraw from X platform amid content concerns

Several British police forces have largely withdrawn from Elon Musk's X social media platform as concerns over its role in promoting violence and extreme content persist, a Reuters survey of forces' social media output showed. X, formerly Twitter, was used to spread misinformation that sparked riots across Britain this summer, and has reinstated British-based accounts that had been banned for extremist content. Musk's comment in August that civil war in Britain was "inevitable" drew rebukes from Downing Street and police leaders.