The #SaveSocialDay initiative, organised by the Save Social campaign, is calling for a day without posting, liking or swiping on Saturday 3 May 2025. This coincides with World Press Freedom Day.
Our fundamental rights are under threat because big tech companies are increasingly dictating the rules of our democratic debates.
On 3 May, we will come together to support the democratic power of the internet.
No YouTube. No LinkedIn. No Facebook. No Instagram. No WhatsApp. No TikTok. No Twitch. On 3 May, the SaveSocial initiative is calling on all users to take a break from their mobile phones. Suggestions for social media posts can be found at https://savesocial.eu/day/.
Voices from the coalition
Without functioning media and a public sphere, we will be unable to protect our personal and planetary health, our democracy, and our European culture. This is why it is important to speak out and show our faces. Because my face belongs to me. And so does my voice.
The oligarchs of Big Tech are deliberately destroying our democratic, diversity-based process of forming opinions. On #SaveSocialDay, let’s stand together and say: We are not a mass to be manipulated. We refuse to let others dictate the rules of our democracy. We’re going offline.
Media monopolies are unconstitutional, so there is no alternative but to abolish them in the digital sphere. Once we have freed the internet from monopolistic control, alternatives will finally have the fair chance they deserve.
Without us users, big tech platforms are nothing. With #SaveSocialDay, we’re demonstrating our ability to shape social media and take action. Together, we can safeguard the internet’s democratic power.
The Demands
With over 250,000 supporters, the Save Social initiative is one of the most successful petitions on the WeAct platform, which is run by Campact e.V. The initiative sets out ten key demands aimed at strengthening alternative networks and ensuring a fair and open exchange on Big Tech corporations’ monopoly platforms. For example, public institutions should make their content available on open platforms too. The EU, the German federal government, and the federal states are urged to invest more heavily in developing and improving the user-friendliness of alternative platforms. Signatories are also calling for market share caps for tech giants, as well as a review of Big Tech’s immunity from liability.
Who we are
Save Social is supported by a broad alliance including musicians such as Dota Kehr, Jan Delay and Sebastian Krumbiegel, authors including Marc-Uwe Kling, Saša Stanišić, Uwe Timm and Isabel Bogdan, journalists including Ellen Heinrichs and Natalie Sablowski, entrepreneur Sebastian Klein, philanthropist Hans Schöpflin, tech blogger Sascha Pallenberg, former Federal Commissioner for Data Protection Ulrich Kelber, trade unions including the German Journalists’ Union (DJV) and the German Journalists’ Union (dju) within ver.di, the German Music and Orchestra Association (unisono), Freelens (the professional association of photographers), Greenpeace e.V., Campact e.V., Digitalcourage e.V. and Teilenswert e.V.
Press contact
For enquiries:
- Björn Staschen presse@savesocial.eu
