Peers pressed ministers on whether departments should keep using X after the Attorney General’s office stopped using it, arguing that the platform is still badly affected by abuse, bots and disinformation. The Government said each department should decide for itself whether X is the right way to reach people, noted that paid advertising on the platform has been stopped since April 2023, and said Ofcom and other democracy-protection measures should be used more forcefully if online threats are not being tackled effectively.

#X, #Social Media, #Government Communications, #Misinformation, #Online Safety Act, #Ofcom, #Cabinet Office, #Attorney General’s Office, #Bots, #Election Security, #Defending Democracy Taskforce, #Oral Questions

Defending Democracy Taskforce appears here as a parliamentary thread from the Lords Chamber on 12 Jan 2026, with 9 speakers contributing 18 speeches.

#Election Security, #Foreign Interference, #Political Intimidation, #Transnational Repression, #Disinformation