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German Companies Cut X Activity and Ads as Trust in Musk Erodes

A Bitkom survey reports most firms pulling back on the platform in response to extremist content, outages or concerns over Musk’s influence.

Overview

  • A Bitkom survey of 602 firms found 58% now post less or not at all on X.
  • Active corporate presence on X has fallen to 27% from 32% in October 2023.
  • Over half of companies (51%) have cut or stopped paid advertising on X, up from 26% two years ago.
  • 63% of respondents view Musk as dangerous, reflecting concerns about his consolidated economic, political and media influence.
  • Just 11% of firms plan to delete their X profiles within a year, another 4% aim to remove accounts without a set timeline, 43% are weighing deletion and 39% intend to maintain their profiles.