The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) permanently deleted its account on X (formerly Twitter) on December 4, 2025, citing the platform’s increasing hostility and misalignment with their values[1].
The FSFE explained that while they initially used Twitter to promote free software values and connect with policymakers and journalists, the platform had become “a centralised arena of hostility, misinformation, and profit-driven control”[1:1]. They specifically criticized X’s algorithm for prioritizing “hatred, polarisation, and sensationalism”[1:2].
While leaving X, the FSFE continues to maintain some presence on other proprietary platforms to reach wider audiences, but strongly encourages supporters to follow them on decentralized alternatives in the Fediverse, specifically their Mastodon and Peertube accounts[1:3].
i struggle to understand why people and institutions stick with the likes of twitter or reddit.
it’s easy to understand that it’s because that’s were the masses are, but the mission/message you’re putting out there while doing so includes the consent that genocide and ethnic cleansing are fine with you and/or your institution.
