Advocacy Groups Abandon X

Major advocacy organizations are actively exiting X after sustained drops in reach and changes in ownership, redirecting attention and resources to federated and commercial alternatives (Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and their own sites). EFF’s public exit, backed by specific impressions data (50–100M/mo in 2018 → ~13M/year recently), makes this a replicable case of institutional migration. — If advocacy groups stop using X, public campaigns, litigation leverage, and debate framing will fragment across platforms, weakening centralized accountability and altering how digital‑rights battles are waged.