Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticised Elon Musk’s leadership of X, saying the platform, once viewed as a symbol of free speech, has increasingly shifted into a venue for orchestrated hate campaigns that he believes could undermine the very principles Musk claims to defend.

In a series of posts on Tuesday, Buterin said that recent waves of online hostility, particularly attacks targeting Europe, appeared “unhinged” and closer to “a coordinated attempt to delegitimize” than meaningful debate. He pointed to what he described as “apocalyptic attitude” and generalizations about the region, adding that such commentary did not reflect his own experience after spending “an average of two months every year there for the last decade.”

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticised Elon Musk’s leadership of X, saying the platform, once viewed as a symbol of free speech, has increasingly shifted into a venue for orchestrated hate campaigns that he believes could undermine the very principles Musk claims to defend.

In a series of posts on Tuesday, Buterin said that recent waves of online hostility, particularly attacks targeting Europe, appeared “unhinged” and closer to “a coordinated attempt to delegitimize” than meaningful debate. He pointed to what he described as “apocalyptic attitude” and generalizations about the region, adding that such commentary did not reflect his own experience after spending “an average of two months every year there for the last decade.”