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The #eXit wave of #universities continues in northern #Europe, in #Finland.

After the university of Oulu also the university of #Helsinki will stop communicating via X.

“X no longer serves the purpose for which we have used it: disseminating the University’s communications content to our desired target groups. ..,” says Director of Communications Taina Kyllönen.

“We don’t want to promote a conflict-seeking conversational culture, nor do we wish to expose our #researchers to offensive behaviour through our own posts,” says Kyllönen.

studies.helsinki.fi/instructio…

#Unis4Mastodon


Also „The University of Oulu leaves X“

👉 oulu.fi/en/news/university-oul…

The #University of #Oulu will discontinue university-level communications in the X. … Some Finnish universities, many public administration organizations, associations, and #companies have made the decision to abandon the channel.
"X's reach has dropped considerably. The platform's nature has become unpredictable and an instrument of a certain kind of policy. As a university, we want to participate in a #democratic and constructive debate that includes appreciating #science and #research. Now #X does not seem to offer such a platform," says Marja Jokinen, Director of Communications at the University of Oulu.

Bravo, UniOulu. Great decision! 🎇
#eXit #Unis4Mastodon


(1/2) Dear supporters,

yesterday our petition for #Unis4Mastodon ended with more than 2,070 signatures.
Yesterday alone, another 114 signatures were collected
openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
This shows how pressing the issue of using truly #socialmedia is for many people.

We have managed to get a number of #universities to shut down their X-accounts. And we know that many are considering taking this step as well.
Furthermore, #SciComm is no longer conceivable without the #Fediverse, as the steadily growing number of followers on #Mastodon channels shows.
mastodon-listen.playground.54g…


In 2 days our appeal to #universities and the #HRK for an #eXit and #Unis4Mastodon will close.

Everyday, X demonstrates how unsuitable it is for #SciComm. And finally, the eXit wave has reached the universities, as our logo image shows, which is getting increasingly bigger. 👍 Most of them are also active on #Mastodon, see mastodon-listen.playground.54g…

So, sign up ✍️ quickly that other universities will follow (everyone from Germany and abroad may participate)
👉 openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon


Happy New Year 2025!
And good luck to the #Fediverse.

In 4 days our petition to the #universities and the #HRK for the eXit and #Unis4Mastodon 👩‍🎓 🐘 👨‍🎓 will end.
So, please, sign quickly:
👉 openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

For inspiration, here is a picture of the logos of #research institutes in Europe that have already made the #eXit. Great, and congratulations!
(forgot anyone? → feel free to let us know).
Some of them have already set up #Mastodon channels, see the amazing list by @scammo
mastodon-listen.playground.54g…



@daniel @ricmac @BBCRD

A #PeerTube channel for university videos is a cool thing. We recommend this as the second activity that #universities in the #Fediverse should take after setting up a #Mastodon channel. It's great that you've already done that. Feel free to report on it here; there are many university teachers and researchers who would like to benefit from your experiences.

#Unis4Mastodon


We had to complement our figure, because the university of #Erfurt was missing as one of the eXiters.
Now it has been added. People in the #fediverse would be happy to see a #Mastodon account of #UniErfurt that would allow to follow by real #socialmedia.

#unis4mastodon


European Universities started …
.. leaving X

#Universities in #Amsterdam, #Vienna, #Berlin, #Karlsruhe, #Aachen and other cities in Europe have left microblogging service X during the last week(s).

They justify this step with the systematic lack of moderation on the platform, which has resulted in a flood of hate speech, disinformation and cyberbullying.

Some of them have already started to run channels on Mastodon: @univienna, @tuberlin, @KIT_Karlsruhe, @UniOldenburg @unibremen, @freieuniversitaet, @UniUlm , @HTW_Berlin, @uni_paderborn.

X is not a suitable medium for communication in #research and #education. Help get the other #universities to follow suit and sign the petition
👉 openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon
#unis4mastodon 🌻 👩‍🎓 #eXit


European Federation of Journalists is leaving X

X-odus: @EFJEUROPE account will be frozen from 20 January 2025
“We cannot continue to participate in feeding the social network of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists,” said EFJ President Maja Sever. “The social media site X has become the preferred vector for conspiracy theories, racism, far-right ideas and misogynistic rhetoric. X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the particular ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies.”

europeanjournalists.org/blog/2…

Please, sign the petition, so that universities will follow 👇
openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

#eXit #exodus #EFJ #Journalists #Unis4Mastodon


“We wanted to let readers know that we will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X,” the Guardian said. 👇

📣 theguardian.com/media/2024/nov…
#Unis4Mastodon

If you would like to see universities to follow, please, sign the petition
👉 openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon


The methods practiced on #X disqualify the network for any sensible communication.
Now it is also making money by spreading #AI-generated #FakeNews and influencing elections in the USA, as the BBC reports:
bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dpj48…

#Universities and other #research and #educational institutions that want to provide fact-based information should switch to the real social media of the #Fediverse 🐿️ like #Mastodon 🐘 as soon as possible.

It is beyond reason that the legitimization of lying networks like X is supported with #taxpayers' money.
Help change this soon and sign the petition 👇
openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

#Unis4Mastodon #eXit
@maxplanckgesellschaft @fraunhofergesellschaft


Some people who want to leave #X wonder if #BlueSky is an alternative. 😕
In our petition, we advocate using the decentralized #Mastodon. We do not consider BlueSky to be a sustainable alternative because it is another commercial service that spies on user data to generate customized #advertising with it.

The BlueSky Terms of Service bsky.social/about/support/tos
and Privacy Policy comprise 7100+ words 😡. Nobody reads this; this is not an “informed consent” as required by #GDPR. We see the #universities here as having a duty of care towards their students and employees, whom they must protect from such data collection. Mastodon and the other #Fediverse 🦩 services are much more suitable for university communication.
BlueSky is just another data leech.

That's why you should sign the petition for #Unis4Mastodon 🐘 👩‍🎓 🐘 :
openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon


We forgot to add the University of Applied Sciences #HTW_Berlin to the list of #universities that did the #eXit 👣. They silenced their #X account this year and do not post there anymore.
Bravo, @HTW_Berlin, a good step! 👏
👉 htw-berlin.de/en/

In addition, a channel has been set up into the Fediverse 🌳 and the X logo has been removed from the homepage (a small hint: now add the Mastodon logo to the homepage).
Many potential followers would certainly be interested in finding out more about #HTW_Berlin via the #Mastodon channel.
Sign the petition: ✍️ openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon

#Unis4Mastodon 🐘



The #BelfastTelegraph reports:

"Jess Phillips, the minister for safeguarding and #violence against #women and #girls spoke out in the wake of a spat between UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the platform’s boss, Elon Musk."
".... she scaled back her use of the social media platform #X, claiming it had become “a bit despotic” and was “a place of misery now”. 👇
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk…

Great decision, #JessPhilips! 👏
You are a role model for politicians and educational institutions.

#Unis4Mastodon 🐘 👩‍🎓 #Xodus #eXit
Sign the petition 👉 openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon


In our appeal we argue:
"#Disinformation and hate speech, ... are still defining elements" on #X, "elections are being manipulated and democratic institutions are attacked."

A current example of this is the #Trollrensics study on the #EPelection that became public last week. According to it, millions of posts promoting right-wing populist parties were distributed by over 50,000 fake accounts on X. 👇
theguardian.com/world/article/…

Why do #universities legitimize these fake campaigns with their presence on X?
Sign the petition 👉 → openpetition.de/unis4mastodon

#Unis4Mastodon 🇪🇺 🌼 🇪🇺


We wrote in our appeal for universities to move from #X to #Mastodon:
„The increasing use of so-called #AI methods exposes users to ever more subtle manipulation, for which the excessive collection of personal data has created the conditions.“
A recent report on the existence of these systems shows the relevance of this point:
defenseone.com/threats/2024/07…

#Unis4Mastodon
Sign the petition 👉 openpetition.de/unis4mastodon



@eloquence
Yes, in fact! 💥
Dear readers, please, help that other universities will soon follow and sign the petition
👉 openpetition.de/unis4mastodon

#Unis4Mastodon 🌻


The #FreeUniversity of #Berlin, one of the best-known #universities of #Germany has decided to close its account on #X:
"In light of developments on the social media platform X, Freie Universität Berlin has decided to shut down this channel."
fu-berlin.de/informationen-fue…

In its justification, it commits itself to the principles of the #Fediverse and #OpenScience:
"Freie Universität Berlin has been present on Mastodon since December 2022. #Mastodon is part of the decentralized Fediverse network. Compared to large commercial social networks, Mastodon relies on chronological feeds and reduces the algorithmic sorting of posts. This ensures that information is always openly available and reduces the likelihood of so-called filter bubbles forming."

Bravo, @freieuniversitaet ! A good decision!

#Unis4Mastodon 🌻 #AlleInsFediverse 🐘 🐘 🐘



This week, two more research and education networks are leaving X/#Twitter.
The Dutch #SURF & the European #GÉANT have declared their withdrawal as of May 2nd.
connect.geant.org/2024/04/29/g…
surf.nl/en/news/surf-stops-usi…

They justify this with the increase in #HateSpeech and #FakeNews on #X and will now become more active on #Mastodon 🐘.
Bravo @SURF and @geant !!!

#Unis4Mastodon 🌻

Sign the petition to trigger German universities to follow 👇
openpetition.de/Unis4Mastodon


Even if the article isn't quite fresh, we would like to draw your attention to it:

👉 eua.eu/resources/expert-voices…
where Wladimir Mufty @wlaatje described how a #Mastodon 🐘 server can be set up for the electronic communication within universities.
The implementation has already started for whole of the Netherlands.

A great example for us to follow! 🎖️

#Unis4Mastodon

@unigreifswald @UniOldenburg @unibremen @HCUHamburg @unihannover @tubraunschweig @ChariteBerlin @HTW_Berlin @tuberlin @freieuniversitaet @HHU @unikassel @unipotsdam @fernunihagen @uni_paderborn @unijena @hsanhalt @unileipzig @EAHJena @tudresden @UniKoeln @Sporthochschule @tuchemnitz @unimainz @uniheidelberg @unimannheim @KIT_Karlsruhe @PHKA @FAU @hfg_gmuend @uni_regensburg @unituebingen @phludwigsburg @unibwm @hochschule_kehl @Uni_Stuttgart @hdmstuttgart @tu_muenchen @Hochschule_Reutlingen @unihohenheim @unikonstanz @UniUlm @uniinnsbruck @unifreiburg

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