Elton John Leaves Twitter Over ‘Misinformation’ on the Platform

Elton John is the current star to leave Twitter complying with Elon Musk‘s requisition of the system.

The “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues” vocalist sent his last tweet on Friday (Dec 9), composing, “All my life I’ve tried to use music to bring people together. Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world.”

He proceeded, “I’ve decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked.”

Upon seeing John’s tweet, Musk himself reacted, “I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you’re concerned about?” John has yet to respond.

John’s choice to leave Twitter adheres to a variety of various other celebrities that have actually done the exact same, consisting of Nine Inch Nails‘ Trent Reznor, Sara Bareilles, Jack White and also extra. You can see our complete listing here.

In October, it was exposed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk took control of Twitter after an extensive lawful fight and also months of unpredictability. Since starting his regime on the prominent social media sites system, the multi-billionaire has actually made a variety of questionable choices, consisting of restoring previous head of state Donald Trump to Twitter after the website’s previous proprietors had actually completely suspended him for breaching firm guidelines in the wake of the fatalJan 6 strike on the U.S. Capitol.

Source: billboard.com

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