November 19 – Following in the footsteps of St Pauli, Werder Bremen have become the second Bundesliga club to depart X for Bluesky, calling out the “recent radicalisation” of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
In a statement, Bremen explained that “with the recent radicalisation of the platform, a line has been crossed for the club” and moved to Bluesky, urging their 600,000 followers on X to do the same.
The club wrote: “Since Elon Musk took over the platform, hate speech, hatred towards minorities, right-wing extremist posts and conspiracy theories have been allowed to spread at an incredible pace, all under the guise of freedom of speech. The radicalisation of the platform is being actively driven by Elon Musk and his personal posts, which include transphobic and antisemitic comments, as well as the spreading of conspiracy narratives.
“Next to nothing is currently being monitored on the platform. The algorithms and decision making at X are entirely non-transparent processes. Additionally, Elon Musk is utilising the social network as a political weapon, as seen recently during the course of the US election.”
“SV Werder Bremen are taking a clear stance against hatred, hate speech, discrimination and exclusion.”
Last week, St Pauli became the first major club to exit X, calling the platform “a hate machine” and citing the spread of “racism and conspiracy theories…insults and threats”.
The left-leaning club from Hamburg stated that such hate could influence the elections in Germany.
St Pauli has 18,000 followers on Blueksy, which has seen a major surge in new members and active daily users since the election of Donald Trump as US president. On Tuesday morning, Werder Bremen had 5,200 followers on Bluesky.
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