Newsroom
The latest updates, media coverage, and opinion pieces supporting the movement to abandon X/Twitter. You can also find quotes and ideas related to this project.
Articles #
- ‘Reboot’ Revealed: Elon Musk’s CEO-Dictator Playbook, by Gil Duran (The Nerd Reich - 05.02.2025)
- Musk wants all the power, Editorial [es] (El País - 04.02.2025)
- Why the argument that you have to stay on social networks to provide opposition is complete nonsense (original, de), by Mike Kuketz (Der Kuketz-Blog - 31.01.2025)
- Trump Hit With New Lawsuit for Funneling Sensitive Info to Elon Musk (The New Republic - 28.01.2025)
- Europe’s Elon Musk Problem, by Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic - 27.01.2025)
- Wonderful: Le Monde, La Vanguardia, Mediapart, Ouest France, Libération, The Guardian, Dagens Nyheter quit X, by Giovanni De Mauro [it] (Internazionale - 23.01.2025)
- The Tech Oligarchy Arrives, by Michael Scherer and Ashley Parker (The Atlantic - 20.01.2025)
- I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers, by Rebecca Shaw (The Guardian - 16.01.2025)
- Elon Musk is a threat to democracy, by Garry Kasparov [de] (Welt - 16.01.2025)
- The Right’s Triumph Over Social Media, by Julia Angwin (The NY Times - 20.11.2024)
- Why EU leaders should get off Musk’s X, by Andrew Rettman (EUobserver - 03.11.2024)
- What Elon Musk Really Wants, by Franklin Foer (The Atlantic - 19.10.2024)
- ‘Musk’s Twitter Buy Makes No Sense – Unless It’s Part of Something Bigger’, by David Troy (Byline Times - 07.11.2022)
News #
- Far-right populists much more likely than the left to spread fake news – study (The Guardian - 11.02.2025)
- Elon Musk Keeps Boosting White Nationalists on X (Mother Jones - 10.02.2025)
- German Organizations Triumph in Legal Battle Against Musk’s X Over Election Integrity (Reuters - 07.02.2025)
- How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid (NBC News - 07.02.2025)
- The Paris prosecutor’s office opens an investigation into the algorithms of the social network X [fr] (Le Monde - 07.02.2025)
- Putin’s bot army on Musk’s X tries to swing German election (Politico - 06.02.2025)
- Nigel Farage’s Reform MPs Are Most Boosted UK Politicians on Elon Musk’s X Despite Tiny Parliamentary Presence (Byline Times - 06.02.2025)
- German Organizations Take X to Court Over Election Interference (Reuters - 05.02.2025)
- Brazil took down Musk’s X. Now Lula is sharing notes to teach Europe how it’s done (Bloomberg - 03.02.2025)
- Elon Musk is shredding America’s government as he did Twitter (The Economist - 03.02.2025)
- Russian disinformation could ‘poison’ upcoming election, German MPs warn (Euronews - 03.02.2025)
- Advertising boycott shows effect: X now also sues Lego, Pinterest and Nestlè (heise online - 03.02.2025)
- The far-right is rising at a crucial time in Germany — boosted by Elon Musk (AlterNet - 01.02.2025)
- Musk’s comments that Germany should ‘move beyond’ Nazi guilt are dangerous, says Holocaust memorial chair (CNN - 27.01.2025)
- European Medicines Agency, EMA, ditches Elon Musk’s X in favor of Bluesky (NL Times - 24.01.2025)
- Reddit Groups are Banning X Links. Could Europe be Next? (Newsweek - 23.01.2025)
- Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says (Politico - 22.01.2025)
- Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithm (Financial Times - 17.01.2025)
- Germany’s leader says Musk’s support for European far-right is ‘completely unacceptable’ (AP - 17.01.2025)
- Collective marches called in several countries to leave X on Trump’s inauguration day [es] (La Marea - 17.01.2025)
- The Federal Environment Ministry of Germany no longer wants to use X [de] (tagesschau - 17.01.2025)
- Au revoir de Paris, X ! (Politico - 16.01.2025)
- The Institut Pasteur has decided to leave X because of several serious abuses observed on the platform (press release - 16.01.2025)
- The Lower Saxony state parliament stops activities on X [de] (NDR - 16.01.2025)
- German army deserts X as Berlin vs. Elon Musk feud rumbles on (Politico - 15.01.2025)
- French group encourages mass departure from Elon Musk’s X platform on US inauguration day (Euronews - 15.01.2025)
- The Finnish Green Party will be the first party to leave the messaging service X [fi] (STT - 13.01.2025)
- Polish presidential candidates discuss EU-wide restriction of X (Euractiv - 13.01.2025)
- Musk’s money will help us make Europe a populist haven (Politico - 08.01.2025)
- Elon Musk helped Trump win. Now he’s looking at Europe, and many politicians are alarmed (AP - 08.01.2025)
- Children fed toxic content by social media algorithms, study finds (Irish Examiner - 14.04.2024)