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.

  • @RootyEnglish
    44•5 hours ago

    Here’s a wild idea - go to the official website of the institution and click the “news” tab.

    It’s like people forgot how the World Wide Web works.

        • @[email protected]English
          -3•58 minutes ago

          Yeah, I thought of that. RSS doesn’t actually do push notifications, though. At least, I’m pretty sure. It’s based on polling from the subscribers’ clients.

          • @randomuser38529English
            6•51 minutes ago

            I don’t remember all the technobabble but am almost sure Apple push notifications are actually ’pulled’.

            Regardless, there are some sweet RSS reader apps which make it seem like push notifications.

            This solves spreading the news.