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Germany’s major political parties collectively withdraw from X to resist the proliferation of hate speech and false information | International | Central News Agency CNA
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2026/5/4 22:03 (updated at 5/4 22:14) Please agree to our privacy policy to enable the news listening function. The German Social Democratic Party, the Green Party and the Left Party simultaneously announced on the 4th that they would stop operating social platform X accounts. (Reuters) (Central News Agency reporter Lin Shangying, Berlin, 4th) The German Social Democratic Party, the Green Party and the Left Party simultaneously announced today that they will stop operating social platform The center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), the ruling party during the Olaf Scholz government, the Greens, and the leftist party (die Linke), which has been supported by many young people in recent years, announced today that they have collectively withdrawn from the social platform X. All three parties are left-leaning parties in the German political spectrum. The three parties issued a joint statement on their respective Aken and Katharina Dröge, chairwoman of the Green Party’s parliamentary group, and other major political figures’ personal accounts. According to Der Spiegel, this collective “withdrawal” action was initiated by Pegah Edalatian, secretary-general of the Green Party. After weeks of coordination, the three parties jointly designed the “#WirVerlassenX” (We Leave X) hashtag to release political signals through collective action. Adalatian said in an interview with online media Table that X’s importance as a political information and public discussion platform has declined significantly, and it has become a “hotbed of misinformation and hate speech.” She said, “We hope to continue to discuss various issues in the digital space and see and absorb different opinions. However, on the X platform, this is almost impossible.” In 2022, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, acquired the American social platform Twitter. On the eve of the transaction, he said that the reason for buying Twitter was to create a healthy and free public debate space and promote the development of human civilization. However, after Twitter changed ownership, Der Spiegel believed that in addition to changing its name to Although more open, it goes against the true spirit of liberal democracy. On the eve of last year’s German election, Musk supported the far-right Alternative for Africa (AfD) party. As a result, all walks of life in Germany launched the Quit X movement. Currently, government agencies such as the Federal Ministry of Justice and academic institutions such as universities have stopped updating X accounts. (Editor: Wei Shu) 1150504 Support the Central News Agency’s choice to stand with the facts. Every donation you make is a small amount of sponsorship to download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures, and audio and video on this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast, or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.



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Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in ‘critical but stable condition,’ his spokesman says
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is hospitalized in critical but stable condition, his spokesperson said Sunday, days after the Republican hoarsely told his talk show audience that his voice was “a little under the weather.”
The spokesperson, Ted Goodman, didn’t say what sent Giuliani, 81, to the hospital, how long he’s been there or what his prognosis is.
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“Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we speak,” Goodman said in a statement. He said that Giuliani “remains in critical but stable condition.”
Giuliani’s eight-year tenure as the mayor of the nation’s largest city was punctuated by the 9/11 attack in his final months in office, and he became celebrated as “America’s mayor” for his leadership after the 2001 al-Qaida terrorist attack that felled the World Trade Center twin towers.
Giuliani later made an unsuccessful run for president and was an adviser to President Donald Trump, spearheading his efforts to stay in office after his 2020 election loss.
Last year, Trump said he was awarding Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Giuliani coughed as he began his nightly online show “America’s Mayor Live” on Friday. As he spoke, he sounded more raspy than usual. Before launching into a commentary on the Iran war, he remarked: “My voice is a little under the weather, so I won’t be able to speak as loudly as I usually do, but I’ll get closer to the microphone.”
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump called Giuliani “a True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR.”
“What a tragedy that he was treated so badly by the Radical Left Lunatics, Democrats ALL — AND HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!” Trump wrote. “They cheated on the Elections, fabricated hundreds of stories, did anything possible to destroy our Nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad!”
As Trump’s personal attorney and adviser, Giuliani became a vocal proponent of the president’s allegations of fraud in the 2020 election, won by Democrat Joe Biden. Trump and his backers lost dozens of lawsuits claiming fraud, and numerous recounts, reviews and audits of the election results turned up no signs of significant wrongdoing or error.
Two former Georgia elections workers later won a $148 million defamation judgment against Giuliani. As they sought to collect the judgment, the former federal prosecutor was found in contempt of court and faced a trial this winter over the ownership of some of his assets.
Giuliani ultimately struck a deal that let him keep his homes and various belongings, including prized World Series rings, in exchange for unspecified compensation and a promise to stop speaking ill of the ex-election workers.
Giuliani was previously hospitalized last September after suffering a fractured vertebra and other injuries in a car crash in New Hampshire.
A native New Yorker, Giuliani was elected mayor in 1993 after serving as one of the nation’s highest-profile federal prosecutors, taking on mobsters and crooked Wall Street traders.
He ran for the U.S. Senate in 2000 but abandoned his race against Hillary Rodham Clinton after being diagnosed with prostate cancer.
In 2007, Giuliani ran for president. Buoyed by his post-9/11 popularity, he started as the front-runner for the Republican nomination. But that was short-lived. He withdrew from the race after struggling in the primaries amid GOP concerns about his past support for abortion rights, gay rights and gun control, and questions about his personal life and business ties to the Middle East.
He toyed with running for other offices before pivoting to political commentary.
In 2016, Trump leaned on Giuliani’s political acumen and loyalty and put him to work as a surrogate leading attacks on Clinton, his Democratic rival. After Trump won, Giuliani continued as his attack dog, even traveling to Ukraine to seek damaging information about Biden’s son, Hunter.
Weber reported from Los Angeles.

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Three dead, search under way after northern NSW boating tragedy
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Three people have died after a yacht and a rescue boat sent to help it got into trouble in heavy conditions off the northern NSW coast.A member of the republic called emergency services about 6.15pm to report a yacht having difficulties off the South Ballina break wall.Police said Marine Rescue NSW crew responded but their boat rolled while crossing the Ballina bar in “heavy conditions” and it was believed the yacht sank.Police said Marine Rescue NSW crew responded but their boat rolled while crossing the Ballina bar. (FILE) (Marine Rescue NSW)Police said three people died and four made it to shore but it was unclear how many had been on the yacht.Water police and general duties officers are on scene as Marine Area Command coordinates a search helped by the AMSAR Challenger jet and Westpac Rescue Helicopter from Lismore.Paramedics were checking the four people who made it to shore but police said none of them were believed to have life-threatening injuries.



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