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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Man they are really making it difficult for me not to join.
Another ULTRACREPIDARIAN heard from.
Sir Elton Fag has his panties in a wad. Twitter is a cleaner place now
Good riddance.
Someone on Twitter posted “Elton John leaves Twitter because of The Rocket Man”..... 🤣🤣🤣
I don't get it. What didn't stick?
Thanks,
Leni
Twitter is not an airport, announcing departures are not required.
So he quits just as there have been reports of Twitter ignoring child porn before Musk’s take over, coincidence ???
Poor little bitty.
Who cares?
Yet another hissy fit by Elton John.
I would say “shut up and sing”, but having heard him sing lately, I’m amending that to “shut up”.
Funny, he never spoke up about misinformation concerns in past.
“Is there any misinformation in particular that you’re concerned about?”
And Elton said nothing.
Elton is proof that some stupid people can sing well.
L
Elton John is very talented. A wonderful singer..
Political advisor? That would be like having Kamaltoe sing
Because he knows real disinformation when he sees it!
Who cares? I doubt anyone will notice. I sure won’t.
This is ironic in that the greatest misinformation of the last 30 years is that homosexuals are normal, healthy functional people.
BBC search results for “Elon Musk”. EVERY TRIVIAL LITTLE STORY EXCEPT FOR TWITTER FILES I, II AND III. listen to a lot of BBC World Service Radio (to note the propaganda) and have never heard mention of the explosive Twitter drops:
BBC search “Elon Musk”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=elon+musk&d=SEARCH_PS
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