Donegal County Council urged to delete all accounts on social media platform X

A motion will be brought to the January plenary meeting of Donegal County Council calling for the deletion of official council X accounts.

Independent Cllr Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig is set to bring the motion to the meeting, asking the council to cease all use of the social media platform X. This comes after recent widespread condemnation of Grok AI, a tool embedded in X, as it emerged that the tool was being used to create abusive images, including of children.

The full motion reads: "That Donegal County Council immediately deletes all of its official accounts on X (formerly Twitter) and ceases any future official use of the platform and issue a public statement to outline same.

“X has become a platform where the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and adults is widely reported and insufficiently addressed. As a public body with a duty of care, the Council should not maintain a presence on, or lend credibility to, a platform that fails to adequately protect users from such harm."

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“The Council should instead use other communication channels that better align with its safeguarding responsibilities and public values."