{"id":153341,"date":"2022-12-10T00:51:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T00:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elton-john-quits-twitter-due-to-misinformation-and-elon-musk-responds-deadline\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T00:51:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T00:51:10","slug":"elton-john-quits-twitter-due-to-misinformation-and-elon-musk-responds-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/elton-john-quits-twitter-due-to-misinformation-and-elon-musk-responds-deadline\/","title":{"rendered":"Elton John Quits Twitter Due To Misinformation And Elon Musk Responds \u2013 Deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tIn the midst of his massive farewell tour, Sir Elton John took the time to say another goodbye this morning. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI’ve decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked,\u201d John wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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\tThe platform has been at the center of a number of controversies of late, most notably antisemitic posts on the platform by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, which were condemned by the ADL, Ari Emanuel, LeBron James and many others.<\/p>\n

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\tThen, less than two weeks ago, Twitter announced it will no longer will enforce a policy to combat misinformation about the Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cEffective November 23, 2022, Twitter is no longer enforcing the COVID-19 misleading information policy,\u201d a note on Twitter’s transparency pages read.<\/p>\n

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\tThere have also been Musk’s own erroneous and borderline anti-Semitic tweets, which have also drawn wide rebuke. <\/p>\n

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\tJohn, who has long been outspoken in his opposition to hate speech and who for 20 years has sought to end the AIDS epidemic through his Elton John AIDS Foundation, added a personal note.<\/p>\n

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\t\u201cAll 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,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

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\tTwitter owner Elon Musk was among those who replied to the musician. <\/p>\n

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\t\u201cI love your music. Hope you come back,\u201d wrote Musk. \u201cIs there any misinformation in particular that you’re concerned about?\u201d<\/p>\n

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I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you’re concerned about?<\/p>\n

\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

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\tOther boldfaced names and prominent organizations that have quit posting on the service or left altogether include Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Carrey, Shonda Rhimes, David Simon, Jamela Jamil, Trent Reznor, Gigi Hadid, Toni Braxton, T\u00e9a Leoni, Jack White, Liz Phair, Stephen Fry, Alex Winter, Ken Olin and Playbill magazine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n