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. 🧵(1/5)
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Twitter was never a utopia. We've criticized the platform for about as long as it's been around. Still, Twitter did deserve recognition from time to time for vociferously fighting for its users' rights. That changed. (2/5)
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EFF exists to protect people's digital rights. Not just the people who already value our work, have opted out of surveillance, or have already migrated to the fediverse. The people who need us most are often the ones most embedded in the walled gardens of the mainstream platforms. (3/5) eff.org/deeplinks/2022/11/le…
Leaving Twitter's Walled Garden

Leaving Twitter's Walled Garden

This post is part of a series on Mastodon and the fediverse. We also have a post on privacy and security on Mastodon, why the fediverse will be great—if we don't screw it up, and how to make a

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Our continued presence on other platforms like Facebook and TikTok is not an endorsement. We stay because the people there deserve access to info, too. We stay because the fewer steps between you and the resources you need to protect yourself, the better. (4/5) ssd.eff.org/
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When you go online, your rights should go with you. X is no longer where the fight is happening. EFF takes on big fights, and we win by putting our time, skills, and members’ support where they will have the most impact. Right now, that means Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and eff.org. We hope you follow us there and keep supporting the work we do. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/ef… (5/5)
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Defending your rights in the digital world

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>post four year old article about the Fediverse >stuck around from 20-24 while censors were wielding the ban hammer like Thor on meth >five tweets with zero explanation for what or why now lol
Image from jack (@BLDG_390)
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Holy crap what is your TLDR about X? I don't want to read through a bunch of crap about Mastadon.
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This is why we build privacy into the architecture itself. People who need protection most wont install a special app or switch platforms. The tools have to meet them where they are.
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Cool. Putting your money where your mouth is on the fediverse. I hope you ditch other centralized platforms too.
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how does leaving make you more relevant
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In other words, you've decided to elevate favored political views well above your mission statement. When it is clear that X allows the most amount of free expression and anonymity online, you side with....Facebook. Facebook is a shining beacon of online privacy, right?
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I am so glad you feel as if you matter. if you really did matter you would be fighting for Right to repair, elimination of hate speech rules and making section 230 reform a reality.
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You guys revealed yourselves as hacks years ago.
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