Bundesbank becomes latest German institution to leave Elon Musk's X
Central bank joins Germany's defense and foreign ministry in leaving service. Germany's central bank, the Bundesbank, on Friday became the latest of the country's institutions to stop posting on X, the social-media service owned by Elon Musk.On Friday, the Bundesbank said it was leaving the site formerly called Twitter but said it would stay active on Microsoft's LinkedIn, Meta Platforms' Instagram and Facebook and Alphabet YouTube.The Bundesbank did not elaborate on the departure.Back in December, Musk endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany party in a post on X and since then has used his platform to criticize German politicians, calling center-left German Chancellor Olaf Scholz a "fool" and touting the far right AfD party as the only force that can "save" the country.Musk, the world's wealthiest man who is a supporter and adviser of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, held a live chat on X with Alice Weidel, the AfD's candidate for chancellor in Germany's upcoming election