John Oliver has given his opinion on the current state of X (formerly Twitter) — and as you can probably imagine, he doesn’t pull any punches.
In the Last Week Tonight episode above, the host summarises the many issues the platform has faced since Elon Musk took over — from changes to the verification system to users being fed right-wing content and misinformation.
“The fact is, a massive media platform has been shaped in the image of its poisonous owner, and it doesn’t seem like Elon’s gonna see the error of his ways anytime soon — seeing his brain seems to be thoroughly cooked by the garbage he consumes on his own site,” Oliver says.
The host’s conclusion? Stop posting on the platform altogether.
“There are certain areas, like news in particular, where Twitter is now worse than useless,” Oliver says. “In fact, for breaking news, it is an active liability, as people routinely push out false information in the wake of tragedies and crises, often for money, and there don’t seem to be many guardrails to stop them.
“All of which is really a long way of saying that the Twitter that we may have once relied on and the Twitter that was fun and occasionally useful is just well and truly gone. And collectively, while it might be sad, it might be past time for all of us to, if I may borrow a truly poisoned phrase, let that sink in.”
