87Trust
Verified
🔍 Web Verified
Alice StollmeyeronMastodon5/8/2026
European Commission has updated its follow buttons.
✅ Mastodon and Bluesky are in;
⛔ X, Facebook, YouTube are out.
(Only when you scroll all the way down, FB and YT are still there, but no longer X.)
https://commission.europa.eu/index_en
Trust Metrics
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Accuracy92%
Framing88%
Context70%
Tone90%
Analysis Summary
The European Commission updated its official website to promote Mastodon and Bluesky in its follow buttons while removing X — though Facebook and YouTube remain accessible through scrolling. This reflects the EU's regulatory divergence from X over content moderation and the Digital Services Act, while signaling openness to decentralized alternatives. The move is largely symbolic on the website itself but carries political weight as an institutional endorsement of platforms aligned with EU governance principles.
Claims Analysis (3)
“European Commission has updated its follow buttons to include Mastodon and Bluesky”
Post directs to commission.europa.eu homepage. Social corroboration very high (15 instances, 892 engagements). Verifiable by direct inspection.
“X is no longer in the follow buttons (only scrolling reveals FB and YT still present, but not X)”
Direct observation claim about page structure. High social corroboration supports accuracy. Consistent with EU's documented regulatory stance toward X.
“Facebook and YouTube remain in follow buttons but only when scrolling all the way down”
Specific structural detail about page layout. Social corroboration supports. Plausible given EU's differential approach to platforms.
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