Another major sporting body boycotts X, citing its descent into the 'gutter' under Elon Musk

The London Marathon joined the trend of boycotting the Elon Musk-owned X, formerly known as Twitter, following online abuse directed towards British athlete Eilish McColgan in the build-up to Sunday’s race in the UK capital.

The London Marathon joined the trend of boycotting social networking platform X, formerly known as Twitter, with event director Hugh Brasher accusing the website of “descending into a gutter” ever since Tesla CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk acquired the website in 2022.

Brasher’s description of X and the event’s boycott of the website was a response to the online abuse directed towards British athlete Eilish McColgan, who has been described as someone “looking like a skeleton” after posting videos of her training ahead of the race this Sunday.

“I think it’s abhorrent the abuse that she’s had. How she has held herself and responded to that is exemplary. But there are some social media channels that are particularly vitriolic and are descending into a gutter. And as a result of that, London Marathon events have actually come off one of those channels,” Brasher was quoted as saying by The Guardian.

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