{"id":15031,"date":"2025-01-13T15:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T15:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=15031"},"modified":"2025-01-21T13:17:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:17:39","slug":"more-than-60-german-academic-institutions-quit-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=15031","title":{"rendered":"More than 60 academic institutions quit X"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/notausgang-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"German emergency exit sign\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-15045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/notausgang-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2025\/01\/notausgang-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>More than 60 German and Austrian universities and research institutions wanted to set an example and collectively announced that they were ceasing their activities on the X social media platform, a cesspit of far-right intolerance, ignorance, paranoia, misinformation, flat-out lying, and malicious abuse formerly known as Twitter. This withdrawal is a result of the lack of compatibility between the platform&#8217;s current orientation and the core values \u200b\u200bof the institutions involved: cosmopolitanism, scientific integrity, transparency and democratic discourse.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The changes to X &#8211; from the amplification of right-wing populist content to the restriction of organic reach &#8211; make further use untenable for the organisations involved. The institutions&#8217; withdrawal underscores their commitment to fact-based communication and against anti-democratic forces. The values \u200b\u200bthat promote diversity, freedom and science are no longer present on the platform.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Some institutions which have already ceased their activities on the platform also support the joint appeal, thereby reaffirming the importance of an open and constructive culture of discussion. This decision only affects the X-accounts of the institutions involved and not their communication via other social media channels. In the light of recent events, they will continue to closely monitor the development of the platforms and their algorithms.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The institutions concerned are as follows:\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Alanus Hochschule f\u00fcr Kunst und Gesellschaft;<\/li>\r\n<li>Bauhaus-Universit\u00e4t Weimar;<\/li>\r\n<li>Berliner Hochschule f\u00fcr Technik;<\/li>\r\n<li>Brandenburgische Technische Universit\u00e4t Cottbus \u2013 Senftenberg;<\/li>\r\n<li>Christian-Albrechts-Universit\u00e4t in Kiel;<\/li>\r\n<li>Deutsche Ornithologische Gesellschaft;<\/li>\r\n<li>Deutsche Sporthochschule, Cologne;<\/li>\r\n<li>Europa-Universit\u00e4t Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder);<\/li>\r\n<li>Fachhochschule Dortmund;<\/li>\r\n<li>FernUniversit\u00e4t in Hagen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin;<\/li>\r\n<li>Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg;<\/li>\r\n<li>Goethe-Universit\u00e4t Frankfurt;<\/li>\r\n<li>HAWK Hochschule f\u00fcr angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst Hildesheim\/Holzminden\/G\u00f6ttingen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Heinrich-Heine-Universit\u00e4t, D\u00fcsseldorf;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule Anhalt;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule Darmstadt;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule der Bildenden K\u00fcnste Saar;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule f\u00fcr Musik und Theater, Hamburg;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule f\u00fcr Philosophie, Munich;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule Furtwangen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule M\u00fcnchen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule Neubrandenburg;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule Osnabr\u00fcck;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule RheinMain;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule Ruhr West;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule f\u00fcr nachhaltige Entwicklung, Eberswalde;<\/li>\r\n<li>Hochschule f\u00fcr Wirtschaft und Umwelt, N\u00fcrtingen-Geislingen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t in Berlin;<\/li>\r\n<li>Institut f\u00fcr Vogelforschung;<\/li>\r\n<li>Johannes Gutenberg-Universit\u00e4t, Mainz;<\/li>\r\n<li>Justus-Liebig-Gesellschaft;<\/li>\r\n<li>Justus-Liebig-Universit\u00e4t, Gie\u00dfen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Katholische Hochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Kirchliche Hochschule, Wuppertal;<\/li>\r\n<li>Leibniz-Zentrum f\u00fcr Marine Tropenforschung;<\/li>\r\n<li>Leibniz-Institut f\u00fcr Ostseeforschung Warnem\u00fcnde;<\/li>\r\n<li>Medizinische Universit\u00e4t Innsbruck;<\/li>\r\n<li>Philipps-Universit\u00e4t Marburg;<\/li>\r\n<li>RWTH Aachen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola;<\/li>\r\n<li>Technische Hochschule, Cologne;<\/li>\r\n<li>Technische Universit\u00e4t Braunschweig (Brunswick);<\/li>\r\n<li>Technische Universit\u00e4t Darmstadt;<\/li>\r\n<li>Technische Universit\u00e4t Dresden;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Bamberg;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Bayreuth;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t des Saarlandes;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste, Berlin;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Duisburg-Essen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Erfurt;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Greifswald;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Heidelberg;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Innsbruck;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnster;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Potsdam;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Siegen;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Trier;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t Ulm;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t W\u00fcrzburg;<\/li>\r\n<li>Universit\u00e4t zu L\u00fcbeck; and<\/li>\r\n<li>Wests\u00e4chsische Hochschule, Zwickau.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 60 German and Austrian universities and research institutions wanted to set an example and collectively announced that they were ceasing their activities on the X social media platform, a cesspit of far-right intolerance, ignorance, paranoia, misinformation, flat-out lying, and malicious abuse formerly known as Twitter. 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