University of Greifswald draws the end: exit from news portal x!

The University of Greifswald has decided to end its activities on the short news portal "X". This will be the only university in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania that gets out of this platform. In a broad movement, over 60 other German -speaking universities and research institutions join this exit.

The decision of the university is based on several factors related to the basic values ​​of the institution. The university states that the current direction of the platform is not compatible with principles such as cosmopolitanism, scientific integrity, transparency and democratic discourse. In particular, the university criticizes the algorithm of "X", which promotes right -wing populist contributions and thus restrict the natural distribution of scientific content.

new communication strategies

In the course of the exit, the University of Greifswald plans to use alternative platforms such as mastodone and bluesky. These should serve to promote communication and the exchange of scientific content in the sense of university values.

The decision of the University of Greifswald is part of a larger trend in which universities and research institutions rethink their presence on platforms, the values ​​and content of which no longer correspond to their own ideals. Further information on this topic can be found on idw-online.de .