A city councillor is pushing the City of Ottawa to suspend all of its accounts on the social media platform X, which she calls “very negative,” rife with misinformation and tied to the threat of punishing tariffs against Canada.
Orléans West-Innes Coun. Laura Dudas has given notice of a motion she will make to council’s finance and corporate services committee next week. It asks city staff to draw up a plan to suspend the accounts and migrate to other platforms.
In her motion, she said X and owner Elon Musk no longer uphold the values of “transparency, impartiality, respect and accountability,” which Dudas views as core principles for the city.
Ehhh I wouldn’t go that far. I think there is something to be said for meeting people where they’re at.
there are plenty of microblog solutions they could use.
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What? This is the citys page…why is anyone meeting anyone on a public information site about services and upcoming ideas etc…
The CITY shouldn’t have social media for news and updates on a platform they don’t control.
For certain public information center meetings, it is the law that notice must be posted in at least two newspapers with enough time for the public to organize and respond.
The legal concept that government must communicate where its citizens actually get their information is over a century old.