| This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. New subscribers can sign up here; follow us on Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn and Threads.  See ya. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg "Spend less time on social media" is a New Year's resolution that a lot of us are probably already breaking. In Europe, it's a matter of state. An increasing number of continental politicians and government entities, including Germany's central bank and its defense ministry, have suspended their accounts on X in response to billionaire owner Elon Musk's antics. This "X-odus" matters — it has geopolitical significance as European leaders look for ways to reduce their dependency on newly emboldened and Donald Trump-aligned US tech. The case for leaving or freezing out X is tied to the growing sense among prominent public users that the social-media market square is turning into a Musk-shaped megaphone. Complaints include that his tweets have become nigh-impossible to avoid, that X's algorithm is super-charging fake news by favoring engagement over credibility, and that the combination of more artificial intelligence and less moderation is going to make things worse. These complaints aren't new: Deactivations in the US bumped higher on Election Day last year and when Musk took over X in 2022, according to analytics company Similarweb. But Musk's recent attacks on European leaders and support for German far-right party AfD (including backing its leader's view that Adolf Hitler was a "communist") have crossed a line and drawn public ire.
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