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Sir Elton John quits Twitter over change in "misinformation" policy
BBC ^ | Dec 9 | BBC

Posted on 12/09/2022 7:28:13 PM PST by RandFan

Sir Elton John has become the latest celebrity to leave Twitter since its acquisition by Tesla boss Elon Musk.

The singer, a headline act for next year's Glastonbury Festival, blamed the platform's "change in policy" around misinformation without elaborating.

Twitter stopped taking action against accounts spreading misleading information about Covid-19 last month.

In response to Sir Elton's announcement, Mr Musk said he hoped the star would be back.

In what could be his last ever tweet, the Rocket Man singer wrote: "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.

"I've decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked."

Twitter's controversial CEO, who began referring to himself as the company's Chief Twit after buying it, replied to the post saying: "I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you're concerned about?"

Since Mr Musk completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) Twitter takeover in October, there has been controversy over the Covid policy roll-back, as well as other moves such as reinstating some previously suspended accounts and charging users for their "blue tick".

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chat; elon; eltonjohn; searchworks; twitter
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1 posted on 12/09/2022 7:28:13 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

“Most people are not just comfortable in their ignorance, but hostile to anyone who points it out.” ― Plato, The Allegory of the Cave


2 posted on 12/09/2022 7:29:41 PM PST by griswold3 (Truth, Beauty and Goodness )
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To: RandFan

More commentary here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4115164/posts

😁👍


3 posted on 12/09/2022 7:33:15 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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I did not know he was on Twitter nor do I care.


4 posted on 12/09/2022 7:33:30 PM PST by Atticus
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To: RandFan

Sir or madam?


5 posted on 12/09/2022 7:34:05 PM PST by Pollard ( >>> The Great Reset is already underway! <<<)
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To: RandFan

I knew he was a nobody even *before* I knew he was a pervert.


6 posted on 12/09/2022 7:35:06 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (No Doubt Now: Stolen Election)
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To: RandFan

How would Twitter know what id or is not “misinformation”?


7 posted on 12/09/2022 7:35:25 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: RandFan

Typical drama from a queen…


8 posted on 12/09/2022 7:35:44 PM PST by dragonblustar (If you watch porn then you are a pedophile and a supporter of rape. Repent and be saved! )
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To: griswold3

The ignorance of people to believe their point of view is the only correct one and they God forbid should NEVER have to tolerate another point of view is astounding!! Twitter had become a bastion of nothing but hatred spewing everywhere YET Sir Elton John wishes to leave that vile environment WELL BYE!!


9 posted on 12/09/2022 7:37:10 PM PST by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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Devastating news for Twitter...
Quit by a queer...


10 posted on 12/09/2022 7:38:03 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: RandFan

A gay twit having a Twitter fit..


11 posted on 12/09/2022 7:38:04 PM PST by delchiante
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It appears that Reggie got his knickers all in a twist.


12 posted on 12/09/2022 7:38:30 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: RandFan

Amoreena
Tiny Dancer
Your Song

There’s a recording of Duane Allman in 1970 saying Elton John has a powerful voice

He did

Why people like him can’t just shut up and sing is progoing to be explained sooner than people like Elton John might be sorry for.


13 posted on 12/09/2022 7:39:18 PM PST by stanne
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They can’t handle the truth?


14 posted on 12/09/2022 7:39:57 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12 of day. )
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To: RandFan

Who cares what that fruit says or thinks about ANYTHING?!!?


15 posted on 12/09/2022 7:40:21 PM PST by Gideon300
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Some guy on Twitter claimed that Elton John was gay, and they wouldn’t take it down. So, can’t blame him for leaving.


16 posted on 12/09/2022 7:41:25 PM PST by BobL (By the way, low tonight in Estonia: 14 degrees, burrrrr!)
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I bet that bitch will be back.


17 posted on 12/09/2022 7:41:32 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (No one is as asleep as the "woke". They define the term "useful idiot".)
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Who gives a tinkers damned what Elton homo does. I threw away his music when I learned he was homo. Not just for that but for his crap he said about my LORD Yeshua. THAT more than anything else did him in with me. Even if I am listening to oldies on the radio, when his music comes on, I tune him out and go to another channel.


18 posted on 12/09/2022 7:42:39 PM PST by RetiredArmy (POLITICIANS ARE NOT THE ANSWER!! Jesus Christ is THE Way, THE Truth & THE Life. Only by Him!!)
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To: Atticus

Good answer.


19 posted on 12/09/2022 7:43:32 PM PST by RetiredArmy (POLITICIANS ARE NOT THE ANSWER!! Jesus Christ is THE Way, THE Truth & THE Life. Only by Him!!)
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To: Pollard

NAH; Just FAGGOT!


20 posted on 12/09/2022 7:43:40 PM PST by 5th MEB
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