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ABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions' (www.theguardian.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 58 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So basically they're not leaving, they are silencing their political coverage. They're not going anywhere, they're caving to pressure.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah pretty much, they might as well say "we've decided to sack Jerry from the Social Media team" because this isn't actually exiting twitter it's more like reducing someone's workload lol.