Multiple institutions and individuals involved in Holocaust education, remembrance and research silenced their X accounts on Friday, joining an ongoing exodus from the social media platform owned by tech billionaire-turned-Trump policy adviser Elon Musk.

The coordinated departures are part of an initiative called "Not One More Word," organized by the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR), a UK-based nonprofit that provides social and welfare services to Holocaust refugees and survivors, as well as Holocaust education.

In an initiative statement, the AJR lamented the changes that have taken place since Musk's takeover of the platform formerly known as Twitter in October 2022.

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"Misinformation, distortion and abuse have flourished while security and content moderation measures have all but disappeared," the statement reads. "Meanwhile, as a business, X relies on our content to keep its users engaged. More engagement means more advertising revenue. Simply put, X profits from our presence there — it profits from each word we post. We say NOT ONE MORE WORD."

As of December 12, 17 Holocaust-related organizations and 22 individuals involved in Holocaust research and writing, primarily in the UK and Germany, had joined the initiative. The participants also pledged to support one........

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