Decision to leave X and join Bluesky

The general management would like to share a message following the decision to leave the X social network for the Bluesky social network:

"Dear Pasteurians,  
 
After consulting many of you, from all backgrounds and functions, as well as our partners and the main players in our ecosystem, we have decided to suspend our current activities on the X social media platform as of today, with a view to leaving it in the next few weeks.  
 
This decision is in response to a number of serious abuses observed on the platform since its takeover by Elon Musk, in particular:

•    highlighting certain accounts because of their ideological orientation or their decision to pay a subscription fee;
•    the values and ideals promoted on the platform and which are incompatible with the principles of rationality, humanism and diversity that we defend at the institute;
•    the project of political influence undertaken by Elon Musk to bring about the triumph of reactionary parties in democracies and destabilize Europe, which we consider dangerous for the world.
 
We recommend that all Pasteurians who have an account on X follow this example, but we reaffirm the freedom of everyone to take, or not, such a decision.

Specifically, on X:  

•    As of today, we are suspending our current activities on this platform;
•    We will limit posting on this platform to messages inviting our subscribers to follow us on the other platforms where we are present: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky.

In parallel, as mentioned above, we've decided to start using the Bluesky platform, on which we created an account a few weeks ago and which is currently meeting with keen interest, particularly within the scientific community. 

Concretely, on Bluesky:  

•    We've created the Institut Pasteur account on Bluesky, @pasteur.fr, accessible via this link, and we've started posting on this account.
•    We've identified a number of Pasteurian accounts on Bluesky, which we list below, for your information and to enable you to follow them if you're interested. You can find the list here. You can email socialmedia@pasteur.fr if you'd like to be included.  
•    You can import your list of subscriptions on X and/or send a message to your subscribers on X into your Bluesky account: the procedure to follow is here or here.  
•    We'll soon be sharing instructions on how to create an account and easily start a business on Bluesky. 

Through this symbolic gesture, we hope to help raise awareness of the major risk posed by the growing attacks on science and its ideals. We will continue this fight on other platforms and in other spaces with unchanged commitment." 
 
The General Management