German institutions depart X, a day after Musk's Weidel talk – DW – 01/10/2025
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More than 60 German and Austrian academic organizations say they will leave the messaging platform X owned by Elon Musk. The German government has also voiced fears that the platform is warping political discourse.

Summary

Over 60 German and Austrian universities and research institutions announced their exit from Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter), citing the platform’s promotion of right-wing populist content and its incompatibility with democratic and scientific values.

This follows Germany’s Federal Court of Justice and trade unions leaving the platform.

The German government is also debating a withdrawal, expressing concerns over X’s polarizing effect on political discourse.

The departure comes after Musk’s public support for Germany’s far-right AfD party and a live talk with its leader Alice Weidel ahead of upcoming elections.

  • etuomaala@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    51·
    10 hours ago

    As far as I can tell, all real accounts are all hosted on Bluesky’s servers. Until that changes, it’s centralised, de facto.

    • Omnipitaph@reddthat.comEnglish
      4·
      10 hours ago

      I think someone else already posted the information above about hosting your own account on a private server, so I won’t double dip there. But yeah, you totally could host your own server with accounts :)