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“eXit”: Dozens of authors leave the former Twitter
Unlike in the past, the short message service is now “toxic,” says an open farewell letter with more than 60 signatories from Germany. They get out.
Dozens of journalists and authors as well as a number of social institutions in Germany have jointly announced their departure from the short message service Twitter. These include the television presenters Dunja Hayali and Jo Schück as well as best-selling author Anne Rabe as well as several Nazi memorial sites such as the Nazi Documentation Center in Munich and the Haus der Wannsee Conference memorial in Berlin. In total, the list has more than 60 signatures.
X has developed into an increasingly toxic environment, said the spokesman for the House of the Wannsee Conference, Eike Stegen, when asked. The short message service – formerly Twitter – is “systematically unmoderated” and spreads hatred and agitation. The Wannsee Conference House will close its account in ten days (December 13th) and rely on alternatives such as Bluesky and social media such as Tiktok or Instagram.
Similar reasons are given in the “open farewell letter” signed by 66 people under the title “eXit from Twitter,” which Hayali shared on Instagram, among others. The initiators are the authors Jan Skudlarek and Max Czollek. “Since Elon Musk took over, Twitter has no longer been a place for free and fair expression and open exchange,” the paper says. “Worse still, Twitter has become a place of censorship, racism, anti-Semitism and right-wing agenda setting.”
dpa
Source: Stern
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