ABC puts a big X through its Twitter accounts

Australia’s public broadcaster ABC will archive all of its X (Twitter) accounts except for four from today, significantly reducing its social media presence after it announced a “digital-first” strategy.

The four accounts that will continue to operate include ABC News (@abcnews), ABC Sport (@abcsport), ABC Chinese (@abcchinese) and ABC Australia (@abcaustralia).

However, accounts including QandA (@QandA), ABC Radio National (@RadioNational), and the ABC accounts for different cities will all become dormant.