Die EscapeX-Kampagne fordert Debattenräume, die demokratischen Prinzipien gerecht werden: neutrale Algorithmen, die den öffentlichen Diskurs nicht verzerren, Netzwerke mit wirksamer Inhaltsmoderation, die den Journalismus und verlässliche Informationen stärken, sowie Unabhängigkeit von Tech-Milliardären und politischer Einflussnahme – all das, was X nach Ansicht der Initiatoren inzwischen fehlt.
| Website | https://www.escape-x.org |
Most European politicians are still active on X.
Let's work together in 2026 to finally wake up our representatives.
P. S. This project is done in my spare time. A new petition will only open if larger groups like @campact or the #SaveSocial movement join us.
One thing that was planned last year but not implemented was a way to facilitate contact with EU representatives. We can find inspiration here https://fightchatcontrol.eu
📣 The number of followers of German scientific institutions in the #Fediverse surpassed the 160k mark 💥 last weekend, see
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=institute-de
Yes, it's true: we shouldn't get caught up in this nonsensical discussion about #reach of #socialmedia.
On the other hand, it’s a great success 🏆 for initiatives such as #Unis4Mastodon, #Byebyeelon, #WissXit, #SaveSocial, @helloQuitX, @leavex and others that more than 150 research institutions in Germany are contributing to the expansion of the Fediverse.
To our friends in the #USA, we say that we are alarmed at how the new #USpolicy is attacking #science. We are trying to build decentralized and independent #socialnetworks to make our research institutions and democracy resilient to attacks from #autocrats and #hostilitytoscience.
And we think this transformation should happen in other countries, too, to strengthen #democracy.
Great, the Committee on Petitions declared my open letter to European politicians to leave X as admissible!
They have forwarded the petition to the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) and the Special committee on the European Democracy Shield (EUDS) for information. I will add the links in their letter as a reply to this post.
I just didn't get why the petition status is closed and was never open for signatures: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/petitions/en/petition/content/0059%252F2025/html/Petition-No-0059%252F2025-by-Everton-Zanella-Alvarenga-%2528Italian%2529-on-the-use-of-X-as-a-medium-for-political-communication-by-European-leaders-and-the-Parliament
Case Against X: Berlin Court Confirms Researchers Can Enforce Their Right to Data Access in National Courts
"In its final decision, the Berlin Regional Court confirmed during the oral hearing that DRI was entitled to assert its claim for access to research data against X in Berlin and did not need to file suit in Ireland, where X has its European Headquarters."
Elon Musk takes hit as Europeans ditch X in droves
https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-x-europe-social-media-twitter-takes-hit/
Ditch the autocrats propaganda. Leave X. Now!
Excellent: EU race to rearm is pointless if hostile foreign powers can still use online algorithms to boost authoritarians to power across Europe. Europe’s new “Democracy Shield” should immediately shut them down.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/15/us-europe-military-spending-trump-ireland
#EU #disinformation #socialmedia #x #meta #google #bigtech #leavex #war #democracy
Demonstriere für die Demokratie – komm am Samstag um 12 Uhr zum Protest gegen Elon Musk am Tesla Store Berlin!
Wir sind dabei!
Für die Wahlwerbung der Parteien zur #BTW auf #X wurde eine deutliche Asymmetrie festgestellt. Werbung für die #AfD und das #BSW wurden überproportional ausgespielt und algorithmisch verstärkt, wie in der Arbeit von Tabia et al. gezeigt
https://zenodo.org/records/14894900
Die Nutzung von X ist für öffentliche Einrichtungen wie #Hochschulen, #Behörden und Ministerien deshalb nicht geeignet.
Denn die Mitarbeiter:innen in den Pressestellen und Leitungen der Einrichtungen sind der #freiheitlich-#demokratischen Grundordnung #fdGO verpflichtet.
Zur fdGO gehören nach der Auslegung durch das #Bundesverfassungsgericht … grundlegende Prinzipien wie ... Verantwortlichkeit und #Gesetzesbindung der #Exekutive, ... sowie #Chancengleichheit der politischen Parteien.
https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/lexika/handwoerterbuch-politisches-system/202025/freiheitliche-demokratische-grundordnung/
Die Chancengleichheit der politischen Parteien war aber nachweislich auf X nicht gegeben. Öffentliche Einrichtungen müssen deshalb X verlassen.
This study examines whether German X users would see politically balanced news feeds if they followed comparable leading politicians from each federal parliamentary party of Germany. We address this question using an algorithmic audit tool and all publicly available posts published by 436 German politicians on X. We find that the default feed of X showed more content from far-right AfD than from other political parties. We analyze potential factors influencing feed content and the resulting political non-representativeness of X. Our findings suggest that engagement measures and unknown factors related to party affiliation contribute to the overrepresentation of extremes of the German political party spectrum in the default algorithmic feed of X.
What are the most common lies people tell you or themselves about why they are still on X?
Let's celebrate April Fool's Day by talking about silly lies. Feel free to add other excuses for why people still support this dangerous disinformation tool in the comments.
Edit: the option "I am addicted" was substituted by "I am trying to “balance” the situation".
Leave X - Protect Democracy
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