The Nashville Banner announced in a series of posts to the social media platform X on Thursday that it is leaving the platform, citing the direction of the social media service since it was purchased by Elon Musk, who changed the company’s name from Twitter to X the next year.
In an announcement posted to the social media platform X, the news outlet wrote, “As of today, the Nashville Banner will stop posting on X.”
The media company then claimed to be “disturbed” by a “rapid increase of racism, conspiracy theories, and disinformation on the platform over the last two years.” Musk purchased the platform in October 2022.