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BREMEN, Germany — German soccer club Werder Bremen is the second team in the Bundesliga to stop posting on X. It cited a rise in hate speech since Elon Musk bought the social media platform. Werder announced the decision after a club meeting late Monday. It followed St. Pauli's decision last week also to post instead on the Bluesky platform. Werder says "hate speech, hatred towards minorities, right-wing extremist posts and conspiracy theories ... spread on X at an incredible pace." Werder is eighth in the 18-team Bundesliga and won the last of its four titles in 2004.
