The Berlin International Film Festival announces that it is leaving the social network

He Berlin International Film Festivalknown as Berlinale and considered one of the most prestigious in the world, has announced in the social network his intention to leave the platform owned by the recently appointed director of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) of the USA, Elon Musk.

“The Berlinale has decided to say goodbye to X on December 31, 2024. Thank you for following us all these years. Stay connected to everything related to Berlinale in Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and our website. See you there,” the festival announced on its official account @berlinale.

The measure seems to make sense when it comes to Berlinale of a European cultural institution, speaker of international progressivism and openly critical of far-right discourses.

The festival, which was one of the first to make the decision to leave this platform, has not given any further explanations in its statement. After that, the newspaper also resigned. Guardian of publishing news on their official accounts on

The diary The Vanguard has followed suit by announcing the decision to stop publishing tweets directly on the social network

In recent times, the German club San Pauli has also abandoned its presence in X, for having become a “hate machine”, and other institutions such as the North Wales Policewho pointed out that being on this social network was not consistent with their ethical values ​​and, also in United Kingdomhe Royal National Orthopedic Hospital (RNOH), which argued an “increased volume of hate speech and abusive comments” to leave this platform.

The growing presence of botsthe poor moderation of hate speech, the increase in misinformation or the tacit support of the American magnate for Donald Trump have opened the debate on the usefulness of remaining on X, given the feeling of many users that it is “a lost battle” and an “unrecoverable” space.