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Werder Bremen have become the second Bundesliga club in a row – after St. Pauli – to leave the Twitter platform, with the Bremen side taking direct shots at Elon Musk in justifying their decision.
Twitter is no longer a field for Werder Bremen, with the Bremen club officially announcing on Monday night (18/11) that it is leaving the social media site due to its owner, Elon Musk, to become the second Bundesliga club to make such a decision after St. Pauli.
In fact, the greens justified their decision by emphasizing that Musk uses the platform as a social weapon, arguing among other things that they take a clear position against hate speech, discrimination and exclusion.
“Since Elon Musk took over the platform, hate speech, hatred of minorities, right-wing extremist posts, and conspiracy theories have been allowed to proliferate at an incredible rate, all under the guise of free speech.
The radicalization of the platform is actively driven by Elon Musk and his personal posts, which include transphobic and anti-Semitic comments, as well as spreading conspiracy narratives.
Now nothing is currently being tracked on the platform. Algorithms and decision making on Twitter are completely opaque processes.
In addition, Elon Musk uses the social network as a political weapon, as was recently seen during the US elections.
Werder takes a clear stand against hate, hate speech, discrimination and exclusion. It is proud to stand up for diversity, freedom and democracy, as well as for cohesion and solidarity in society.
With the recent radicalization of the platform, the line has been crossed for the club. Werder is therefore leaving Twitter immediately and we hope that our more than 600,000 followers will follow the club on the platform on Bluesky in the future.” says the announcement of the Bremen Greens.
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