The Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition, one of many world’s most prestigious movie festivals, has introduced it’s quitting Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
The Berlin Movie Competition has introduced it’s leaving X on 31 December, after 15 years on the social media platform.
It presently has 133.5K followers and can not have an official X footprint for its seventy fifth version, which takes place from 13 – 24 February 2025.
“The Berlinale has determined to say goodbye to X on Dec 31, 2024. Thanks for following us right here all these years. Keep related with all issues Berlinale on Instagram, Fb, LinkedIn, YouTube, and our web site. See you there! #Berlinale”
The pageant didn’t give additional clarification for its choice to go away X, however contemplating the surge in disinformation and abusive content material on the platform since Elon Musk took possession of then-Twitter in 2022, the transfer is smart for a pageant, a European cultural establishment which is seen as progressive and at odds with voices from the far-right.
Moreover, Musk often re-tweeting posts supporting the German far-right AfD half and his involvement within the presidential election marketing campaign on behalf of Donald Trumphas additionally alienated many customers, and is probably going an element for the Berlinale’s exodus.
The Berlinale is the one of Europe’s “massive three” movie festivals that has introduced it was quitting X, even when earlier this yr, Alberto Barbera, the creative director on the Venice Movie Competition, stated he was leaving X over Musk’s statements.
The pageant’s organizing physique, La Biennale di Venezia, maintains presence and continues to actively publish on X, as does the Cannes Movie Competition.
The seventy fifth Berlin Worldwide Movie Competition takes place 13 – 24 February 2025.
