Culture Secretary, Lisa Nandy, has announced that she’s removing her department from social media platform, X.
The Wigan MP, who will also stop using the site herself, blamed “abuse and misinformation for the decision.
“I’ve decided to leave this platform and my Department will too,” she wrote on X.
“A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate.
“It isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.”
I've decided to leave this platform and my Department will too.
— Lisa Nandy MP (@lisanandy) July 2, 2026
A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate.
It isn't healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.
She will continue to use Meta’s Instagram and Facebook, as well as LinkedIn.
Her department is the second to quit the Elon Musk-owned site, following the Attorney General last month.
However, it’s more newsworthy, given that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for media regulation. Although Ofcom has been given responsibility for taking action.
DCMS is supposed to counter and deal with misinformation, not run away because it's all too much. https://t.co/0hFqNbORPd
— Kemi Badenoch (@KemiBadenoch) July 2, 2026
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Last year, Musk spoke at a rally organised by activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon calling for a “change of government” and a “dissolution of parliament.” It was a speech condemned by Downing Street.
Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer had also threatened to block X in the UK, if it didn’t take action over a number of sexualised images of women and children, which had been produced by its AI tool Grok – X did take measures as a result.
