EscapeX

….questioning you or your organisation's continued use of X, and the influence of X, and other toxic social media, in the world? You’re in the right place!

About us

who we are

In response to growing concerns over Elon Musk’s interference in European democracies, multiple initiatives across Europe have joined forces to launch the EscapeX campaign. EscapeX is a meta-political and non-partisan movement that aims to help citizens reclaim digital spaces compatible with functional democracies. This movement urges individuals, institutions, media outlets and policymakers to break free from the platform X and transition to more democratic, decentralised digital spaces such as Bluesky and Mastodon.

The EscapeX campaign is closely allied with the developers of the OpenPortability tool – an application that enables users to re-establish their connections to these better platforms.

The EscapeX campaign is founded by an alliance of initiatives, presented below.

  • In France, it started as the HelloQuitX campaign, which was founded by the Ligue des droits de l’Homme, La Quadrature du net, SNJ-CGT, Nothing 2 Hide, On est prêt and Au Poste. It has created a unique jump to Bluesky and Mastodon (according to the numbers of Mastodon, the CEO of X in France, the analysis France / USA by L’express) by prompting many mainstream media outlets, politicians and cities to leave X.
  • In Spain, the Vámonos Juntas campaign was launched by more than 120 organisations.
  • In Germany, more than 120 universities and research institutes announced their SciXit, or withdrawal from X. EscapeX is also supported in Germany by Campact, an organisation in which more than 3.5 million people are committed to progressive politics in defence of democracy. On its WeAct petition platform, almost 600,000 signatures have already been collected this year for the “Stop Musk, shut down X” demand.
  • The petition Ban X in EU was launched by Italian activists, while with Leave X, an open letter for European politicians to abandon X was realized.

Together, we are shifting the centre of public debate toward more open and democratic digital spaces. The EscapeX movement is also beginning to reach out beyond Europe.

Here you can read the EscapeX code of conduct.

The EscapeX campaign is more than just leaving a platform—it’s about rebuilding and reclaiming the democratic digital space. It calls for spaces that are better suited to democratic debate: neutral and choice-based algorithm that do no distort public discourse, and networks that strive for effective content moderation, supports for journalism and reliable information; independence from technocrat billionaires and political influence. Everything that X is now lacking.

what we do

[Inform]

[Help transition]

[Advocate]

Escape-X is an international, transpartisan and apolitical movement whose aim is to enable citizens to reclaim digital spaces compatible with functional democracies.

This movement has been founded by non-profit organisations. They are;

  • in France : la Ligue des Droits de L’homme, La Quadrature du Net, le SNJ-CGT, Nothing 2 Hide, On est prêt, Au Poste,
  • in Spain: Vámonos Juntas
  • in Germany: SciXit
  • in Italy: Ban X in EU, Leave X