Official post from last week: <a href="https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/11/26/x-odus-efjeurope-account-will-be-frozen-from-20-january-2025/" rel="nofollow">https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2024/11/26/x-odus-efjeu...</a><p>(<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42269495">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42269495</a>)
Anyone looking for the EFJ's new home:<p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/efjeurope.bsky.social" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/efjeurope.bsky.social</a>
I find it fascinating that they're announcing they won't be posting on X anymore, yet at least in the article OP linked, there is absolutely zero mention of where they will be posting.<p>This makes the announcement itself feel like a disingenuous, politically motivated, anti-X hit piece to me, rather than an informational notice about where people can go to read their content.<p>If this really is born out of their dedication to 'humanist values, our commitment to press freedom and media pluralism, and our fight against all forms of hatred and discrimination', then why is there no mention at all of where we can go to hear more about these positive values?
>The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) has announced that it will stop publishing content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from January 20th, 2025, when Donald Trump will officially become the 47th president of the United States.<p>Wow that's about as political as it gets.
I can think of many reasons to stop posting on X, but leaving right when a new president takes office strikes me as odd. If it's about Musk unfairly promoting Trump, why wait? It's already happened after all, even if Musk himself will likely take office from that point onward.
I hope reputable news organizations in the US follow this, this assumes there are any left. Many of them are only in it for profits and to provide entertainment instead of actual facts.<p>The US needs the Fairness Doctrine back.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine</a><p>Even young me knew at the time eliminating this was a bad idea.