After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
EFF is Leaving Twitter
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/eff-leaving-x
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
10 Comments
Kirk@startrek.website · 18 pts · 147d
I understand their reasoning. There is a (good) argument to be made that orgs like this should stay on Twitter if only to remind people to delete Twitter (I believe Cory Doctorow does this with his account). It seems like they thought this through.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 147d
“Might”
pageflight@piefed.social · 5 pts · 147d
Bluesky and Mastadon are on their list of socials.
chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 147d
They also have a RSS feed, that's how I follow them
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au · -3 pts · 146d
It costs nothing to post on X, and Musk has done more for user rights than Twitter ever did - in fact Twitter actively suppressed user rights at a massive scale, and was basically a government propaganda tool. The EFFs statement reads like the usual anti-musk far left virtue signalling. There’s literally zero reason to stop posting on X if their goals are what they say they are.
captaintacosauce@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 147d
Never heard of EFF but 0 points for being 10 years late on this very easy and obvious decision.
hash@slrpnk.net · 24 pts · 147d
The Electronic Frontier Foundation does a lot of amazing work to defend privacy and digital freedom. Just to throw one example out there, they released firmware for a low cost hotspot to detect cell snooping via IMSI catchers/stingrays.
Because they're an advocacy group I suspect they stayed on the platform for visibility. I can half excuse orgs who crosspost to various platforms as long as they aren't only on Twitter. But individuals do not get the same pass.
thericofactor@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 147d
If you feel that way, donating to the EFF might be something to look in to.
who@feddit.org · 5 pts · 147d
Congratulations. You're one of today's lucky ten thousand. :)
Once you learn about what the EFF does, and read the post, you'll (hopefully) understand that this decision was neither easy nor obvious.
voidsignal@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 147d
Well you probably want to ear about them. Please go fix that.