Slovenia ruling party quits Twitter over ’hate speech’ concerns
Live MintSlovenia's ruling Freedom Movement party said Saturday it had decided to stop using Twitter over concerns the social network was being used to spread fake news and hate speech. "Considering the behaviour and announcements by Twitter's new owner and management, we can expect they will further open its doors to indecent communication and hate speech," GS said in a statement, referring to the platform's recent takeover by billionaire Elon Musk. Liberal Prime Minister Robert Golob's party won April's parliamentary elections with a programme that promised restoring decency in politics and strengthening the rule of law, which critics say was undermined by former conservative prime minister Janez Jansa. Jansa, an avid user of Twitter with over 100,000 followers in a country of two million, used the platform to attack critics and media -- while Golob said he would not use Twitter "to avoid the temptation of fast fingers".
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