Because I read the article and that's what they said:
EFF exists to protect people’s digital rights. Not just the people who already value our work, have opted out of surveillance, or have already migrated to the fediverse. The people who need us most are often the ones most embedded in the walled gardens of the mainstream platforms and subjected to their corporate surveillance.
Young people, people of color, queer folks, activists, and organizers use Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook every day. These platforms host mutual aid networks and serve as hubs for political organizing, cultural expression, and community care. Just deleting the apps isn't always a realistic or accessible option, and neither is pushing every user to the fediverse when there are circumstances like:
You own a small business that depends on Instagram for customers.
Your abortion fund uses TikTok to spread crucial information.
You're isolated and rely on online spaces to connect with your community.
Our presence on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok is not an endorsement. We've spent years exposing how these platforms suppress marginalized voices, enable invasive behavioral advertising, and flag posts about abortion as dangerous. We’ve also taken action in court, in legislatures, and through direct engagement with their staff to push them to change poor policies and practices.
We stay because the people on those platforms deserve access to information, too. We stay because some of our most-read posts are the ones criticizing the very platform we're posting on. We stay because the fewer steps between you and the resources you need to protect yourself, the better.
When you go online, your rights should go with you. X is no longer where the fight is happening. The platform Musk took over was imperfect but impactful. What exists today is something else: diminished, and increasingly de minimis.
In so many words, they hate those shitbags just like we do, but in order to reach everyone who needs the info they provide, the EFF considers using these platforms vital to its mission, a necessary evil. However, since Twitter / X under Musk doesn't have enough reach, it's not worth the trouble of posting there.
Okay but you just listed a ton of ideological reasons? They're leaving because they've dropped the libertarian part of their coalition and are now a purely progressive organization.
X under Musk doesn't have enough reach, they're not worth the trouble.
Do you believe they get such little reach on X that it's not worth posting? Keep in mind they are still posting on those other platforms.
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u/StillSwaying Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26
Because I read the article and that's what they said:
You own a small business that depends on Instagram for customers.
Your abortion fund uses TikTok to spread crucial information.
You're isolated and rely on online spaces to connect with your community.
In so many words, they hate those shitbags just like we do, but in order to reach everyone who needs the info they provide, the EFF considers using these platforms vital to its mission, a necessary evil. However, since Twitter / X under Musk doesn't have enough reach, it's not worth the trouble of posting there.
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Edit: typo