Enough is enough! RSPB and Wildlife Trusts decide to quit posting messages on social media platform X

                                   

TWO more wildlife organisations have decided to stop posting messages on  the social media platform, X., 

This is in protest at  X's artificial intelligence tool, Grok, which stands accused of allowing users to manipulate the images of  individuals so as to depict them in  a sexualised way.

Says the RSPB: "We have decided to make our organisational accounts private and remove our historical content.

“Leaving it public would pose a potential safeguarding risk to our staff, volunteers and supporters.”

However, the society says it will keep its X account in place in case it needs to be used in the future.

Meanwhile, the umbrella organisations of dozens of county wildlife groups, The Wildlife Trusts,  has decided to do likewise for similar reasons.

Another frontline organisation, the British Trust for Ornithology, led the way 12 months ago when it decided to fly the X nest.