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Remove Twitter links from social sharing container in frontend-rendered articles

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#27,652 opened on Dec 5, 2024

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Description

Galleries still provide the ability to share articles via Twitter, and the Twitter icon appears in the social share options.

We should remove this feature, as a) the logo is out of date and b) we no longer engage with X

Example of how to do this: https://github.com/guardian/frontend/pull/23662

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Tech stack
htmlcssjavascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
chore
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
1
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
under 1 hour
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
basic knowledge of HTML and CSSfamiliarity with the Guardian frontend codebase
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
80
Research direction
Follow the approach in PR #23662. Locate the social sharing template partial (likely in the frontend codebase) that includes Twitter/X share functionality. Remove the Twitter icon and associated link. Ensure no other references remain. Test the gallery pages as shown in the issue screenshot.