Berlin may quit X over algorithms, government spokesperson says
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026

Germany is debating leaving the X platform due to algorithm concerns, following a talk between Elon Musk and Alice Weidel.
BERLIN (Reuters) - The German government is in "permanent" discussions over whether to delete its presence on the X platform due to concerns over its algorithms, a spokesperson said on Friday.
"This is a permanent consideration that we have to make again and again," the spokesperson said, a day after a live talk on the platform between billionaire Elon Musk and the leader of Germany's far-right party leader Alice Weidel.
(Reporting by Friederike Heine; editing by Matthias Williams)
The German government is in 'permanent' discussions about potentially deleting its presence on the X platform due to concerns over its algorithms.
A spokesperson for the German government addressed the concerns regarding X's algorithms.
The discussions were prompted by a recent live talk on the platform between Elon Musk and the leader of Germany's far-right party.
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