German soccer club St Pauli quits X platform over alleged hate speech


Soccer Football - Bundesliga - 1. FC Union Berlin v St. Pauli - Stadion An der Alten Forsterei, Berlin, Germany - August 30, 2024 St. Pauli players look dejected after the match REUTERS/Annegret Hilse/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Bundesliga club St Pauli said on Thursday it was withdrawing from X because the social media platform had become an 'amplifier of hate' that could influence German politics.

Announcing its reasons for withdrawing, the club said in a statement that X's billionaire owner Elon Musk had turned a space for debate into "an amplifier of hate that was capable of influencing the German parliamentary election campaign."

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