🚨🚨 Big #Exodus News: European Medicines Agency has just stated it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content. 🧵 www.reuters.com/world/europe... - ThreadSky

profjacob.bsky.social • 34 days ago

🚨🚨 Big #Exodus News: European Medicines Agency has just stated it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content. 🧵
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-medicines-agency-quits-x-moves-bluesky-2025-01-27/

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duhthinker.bsky.social•33 days ago

Follow them here

@ema.europa.eu

theteafrog.bsky.social•34 days ago

Super! 🇪🇺 ❤️

profjacob.bsky.social•34 days ago

EMA will no longer post updates and content on X. We believe the X platform no longer suits our communication needs," the agency said in a statement. "After careful consideration, the Agency has decided to open an account on Bluesky." /2

profjacob.bsky.social•34 days ago

EMA's move follows other organisations that have left or pared back activity on X due to concerns about the platform's content, including the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate, Germany's foreign and defence ministries, British news publisher the Guardian, and several UK universities. /3

jojowiththeflow.bsky.social•34 days ago

For those looking for the correct account, it's @ema.europa.eu

sumpan.bsky.social•34 days ago

German and Austrian institutions moved away from X earlier in the month as well

Other EU agencies like ECDC, EFSA and their chief scientist have been on Bluesky since last year

https://www.dw.com/en/german-institutions-depart-x-a-day-after-musks-weidel-talk/a-71266331

profjacob.bsky.social•34 days ago

It comes at a time X's billionaire owner Elon Musk is ramping up his political campaigning in Europe, most recently by urging Germans to vote for a far-right party. Musk helped Donald Trump win last year's U.S. presidential election but his platform was criticised by disinformation experts

profjacob.bsky.social•34 days ago

for enabling the spread of falsehoods during the campaign. Musk says he wants X to champion free speech. Since Trump's election victory, Bluesky has added millions of users. But it remains far smaller than its rivals. /5

profjacob.bsky.social•34 days ago

EMA is a decentralised agency of the EU, responsible for the scientific evaluation, supervision and safety monitoring of medicines. Its headquarters are in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was regularly the centre of attention during the COVID pandemic, as it decided on the use of vaccines in the EU.

profjacob.bsky.social•34 days ago

@ec.europa.eu and other EU institutions are still active on X. @ecb.europa.eu earlier this month joined Bluesky, but did not quit X. @ema-eu.bsky.social is the Bluesky handle of EMA. /ends

ians.chat•34 days ago

Xitter doesn't champion "free speech", it champions "Musk Speech".

erickstaal.bsky.social•34 days ago

@ema-eu.bsky.social

mattrobb.bsky.social•34 days ago

Excellent. The anti-vax BS on X means no healthcare information provider can meaningfully stay

stevie1976.bsky.social•34 days ago

This is not right. It has an obligation to reach out to all EU citizens, not just those that agree with them. What about all those not on Blue Sky?

paulpierref.bsky.social•33 days ago

No respectable organisation should post factual information on a platform designed to propagate lies and misinformation. There are many reliable media sources that can be used to inform the public but X isn’t one of them. It’s rapidly becoming the modern day, global Völkischer Beobachter.

justinmikulka.bsky.social•34 days ago

"some have criticised..."

Some is doing a lot of work there.

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