Elon Musk's pro-Trump stance drives progressives away from X to seek refuge in a liberal haven.

After President-elect Donald Trump won a second White House term, liberal pundits and media outlets are leaving Elon Musk's platform, X.

Since Trump's reelection, notable departures from the platform have occurred, with Musk openly and loudly expressing his support for the president-elect. In contrast, liberal users are moving to Bluesky, a decentralized platform that has gained over a million new users since the election, as reported by the New York Times.

The Guardian and Times have praised Bluesky as a substitute for X, with experts describing it as a haven from the far-right activism on X, while many of the new accounts created are left-leaning.

Last week, Nicolle Wallace, MSNBC host, revealed that she removed her X app as a means of self-preservation.

I deleted Twitter because I was no longer able to find the things I was interested in and it was becoming overwhelming with the amount of content I was seeing that I wasn't interested in. However, Wallace's account remains active on the platform.

On Wednesday, Don Lemon, a former CNN host, informed his 1.5M followers that he was departing from X, stating, "It's time for me to move on."

He wrote, "I used to think it was a platform for open debate, transparency, and free speech, but now I feel it doesn't fulfill that purpose. Signed, Bluesky."

Lemon's departure from the company was prompted by the new terms of service, which require legal disputes to be resolved exclusively in Texas courts, where the company is headquartered. The incoming terms also state that all legal disputes must be brought before Texas courts, which Lemon believes will make it easier for the company to shield itself from and punish critics.

On Wednesday, the Guardian suspended all of its 80 accounts on X and labeled the platform as "toxic," while accusing Musk of using its influence to manipulate political discourse, according to Deadline.

The Guardian informed readers that they believe the advantages of being on X are now surpassed by the drawbacks and that resources would be more effectively utilized promoting their journalism in other areas.

The U.S. presidential election has highlighted what we have long believed: that X is a harmful media platform and that its owner, Elon Musk, has used its power to manipulate political discourse, according to the publication.

On Wednesday, actress Jamie Lee Curtis said goodbye to the platform by posting a screenshot of her account deactivation message along with the caption, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference."

In a subsequent post on Bluesky, Curtis wrote, "#WeDontNeedX."

The day after Trump announced that Musk and Ramaswamy would lead the Department of Government Efficiency, aimed at dismantling government bureaucracy, cutting wasteful expenditures, and restructuring federal agencies, the departures were made.

In April 2022, Elon Musk, a self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist," purchased Twitter with the intention of making it a more balanced platform for both liberals and conservatives. His aim was to break the liberal-dominated grip that Silicon Valley had on tech companies. Bluesky, which was founded by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey in 2019 as a project, became an independent company in 2022.

Bluesky did not respond to Planet Chronicle Digital's request for comment.