LONDON: Britain`s The Guardian newspaper announced on Wednesday it would no longer post content from its official accounts on Elon Musk`s X, branding it a `toxic media platform` home to `often disturbing content`.

`We think that the benefits of being on X are now outweighed by the negatives,` the left-leaning newspaper, which has nearly 11 million followers on X, said in a statement on its website. It added that its `resources could be better used promoting our journalism elsewhere`.

`This is something we have been considering for a while given the often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism,` the statement noted.

`The US presidential election campaign served only to underline what we have considered for a long time: that X is a toxic media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse.` The paper`s main X handle @guardian was still accessible on Wednesday but a message on it advised `this account has been archived` while redirecting visitors to its website. The Guardian noted that X users would still be able to share its articles, and that it would still `occasionally embed content from X` within its articles given `the nature of live news reporting`.-AFP