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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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KEYWORDS: chat; elon; eltonjohn; searchworks; twitter
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To: BenLurkin

Before Musk “misinformation” is any fact or opinion which opposes liberal narratives.


21 posted on 12/09/2022 7:43:43 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Difference between a cow and the US Capitol 1/6 "riot:" you can only milk a cow 3 times a day)
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To: stanne
Amoreena
Tiny Dancer
Your Song


Wow, you are going way back. Those are from three of his very earliest albums (Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water, Elton John) with Amoreena being fairly obscure despite its use in "Dog Day Afternoon".
22 posted on 12/09/2022 7:44:31 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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To: RandFan

Who cares what a sodomite thinks)


23 posted on 12/09/2022 7:44:35 PM PST by WMarshal (Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.f)
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To: freedumb2003

Very true.....


24 posted on 12/09/2022 7:46:14 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

The thing about “misinformation” is, it’s all in the eye of the beholder.


25 posted on 12/09/2022 7:47:58 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Way back indeed. If one pulls them out of their collection, spins them on the turntable my bet is the kids would be amazed.

Or just the way back machine would be cranked up for some great piano and vocals

And yes, Dog Day Afternoon is Al Pacino at his best with a great tune.


26 posted on 12/09/2022 7:49:46 PM PST by stanne
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To: RandFan
Goodbye Elton John...

We really knew you after all

You lack the grace to inform yourself

While lefties around you scrawled

27 posted on 12/09/2022 7:55:39 PM PST by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
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To: RandFan
Elton John LOSES four-month battle to stop YOU from discovering he has settled his sexual harassment case with British male worker

Singer, 69, spent four months trying to keep case from being made public
Ex-employee brought sexual harassment claim against him last August
The case was settled out-of-court and all accusations were withdrawn
But Court of Appeal dismissed Sir Elton's reporting restriction application

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3694149/Elton-John-settles-sex-harassment-case-British-male-employee-loses-four-month-battle-secret.html

28 posted on 12/09/2022 7:58:55 PM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: RandFan

He once quit in the middle of a concert I attended. It didn’t stick. That was decades ago. Sorry to see his take on Twitter but Twitter is probably better off under Musk. At least we are peering behind the curtain now.


29 posted on 12/09/2022 8:00:23 PM PST by newzjunkey (How does GA end up with 2 Dem senators & 100% GOP statewide officials??? UGH)
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To: RandFan

ROTFLMAO....ok..bye, bye,gay boy....LOL.


30 posted on 12/09/2022 8:01:54 PM PST by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: RandFan

Like Barbara Streisand, I love “some” of Elton John’s music. But his queer life and absence of morals are deplorable.


31 posted on 12/09/2022 8:02:16 PM PST by Cen-Tejas
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To: RandFan
Elton j\John is annoyed because Musk is is removing all the child abusers and child porn from Twitter.
Chuckle.
32 posted on 12/09/2022 8:04:18 PM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: RandFan

Bye Faggot.

33 posted on 12/09/2022 8:06:08 PM PST by Bullish (Rot'sa Ruck America. )
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To: RandFan
"I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you're concerned about?"

Perfect response. Polite. Explain WTF you’re talking about you big dumb poof. Only polite.

The poof will not be able to respond.

34 posted on 12/09/2022 8:09:10 PM PST by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: dead

Snowflakes in echo chambers cannot handle truth.


35 posted on 12/09/2022 8:10:56 PM PST by gswilder
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To: stanne

Except for “Burn Down the Mission” (and maybe the syrupy “Love Song”), “Tumbleweed Connection” is a very conservative album. “My Father’s Gun”, “Talking Old Soldiers”, and “Country Comfort” are very culturally conservative.


36 posted on 12/09/2022 8:11:41 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? (Luke 18:8))
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To: Dr. Sivana

Country comfort is a great tune. He gets the pedal steel -he or Bernie Taupin-of the Sounth.


37 posted on 12/09/2022 8:13:36 PM PST by stanne
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To: RandFan
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling, old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny-back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

38 posted on 12/09/2022 8:14:45 PM PST by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: RandFan

Elton John? Why should we care?


39 posted on 12/09/2022 8:16:50 PM PST by Dapper 26
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To: RandFan

"Hit The Road, Jack!"   (song link)

40 posted on 12/09/2022 8:25:07 PM PST by Songcraft
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