Attorney general tells department to stop using X amid UK disinformation concerns

The office of England and Wales's Attorney General Richard Hermer has become the first UK government department to formally cease posting on X, citing concerns about the platform's role in inciting violence and spreading disinformation, particularly in the context of recent riots. Staff may still access the platform for the narrow purpose of countering disinformation, but the default posture is now one of withdrawal. The move is modest in scale but symbolically significant, signaling that institutional tolerance for X as a communications channel is eroding within parts of government.