The exodus continues: with Elton John, a prominent musician leaves the short messaging service Twitter.
London. British pop legend Elton John no longer wants to use Twitter after US entrepreneur Elon Musk takes over the network. The 75-year-old he tweeted on Friday that he had decided to do so after a recent rule change made it possible for unfiltered false information to spread. “All my life I have tried to bring people together through music. It saddens me how disinformation is now being used to divide our world.”
All my life I have tried to use music to bring people together. Yet it saddens me to see how disinformation is now being used to divide our world.
I have decided not to use Twitter anymore, given their recent policy change that will allow disinformation to flourish unchecked.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) December 9, 2022
After Musk’s takeover, a number of celebrities left the network to protest the entrepreneur’s line. Chancellor Olaf Scholz is also considering retiring. Musk defends his deregulation with absolute freedom of speech.
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