Legendary British singer-songwriter Sir Elton John, within the midst of his huge farewell tour, has determined to bid farewell to Twitter, citing “misinformation” as the explanation. Taking to Twitter, John introduced the news, writing, “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,” he added.
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To which, Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who acquired the micro-blogging platform, was amongst those that replied to the musician. He wrote, “I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you`re concerned about?”
Of late, Twitter has been on the heart of a lot of controversies, most notably antisemitic posts on the platform by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, which had been condemned by the ADL, Ari Emanuel, LeBron James and plenty of others, in keeping with Deadline, an American leisure news web site. Additionally, lower than two weeks in the past, Twitter declared it will no longer implement a rule supposed to fight misinformation relating to the COVID outbreak.
Other boldfaced names and outstanding organizations which have give up posting on the service or left altogether embody Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Carrey, Shonda Rhimes, David Simon, Jamela Jamil, Trent Reznor and Gigi Hadid amongst others, as per Deadline.
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Speaking of Elton John, round every week in the past, the singer weighed in on whether or not his youngsters (he has two sons- eleven-year-old Zachary and nine-year-old Elijah) who he shares with husband David Furnish, have musical aspirations of their very own. The singer had stated, no matter their goals and ambitions had been, his husband David and he will totally assist them. At a not too long ago concluded occasion, Saks had donated $1 million to the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Rocket Fund. The ‘Candle In The Wind’ singer stated that he was very thrilled to have his curated merchandise assortment in assist of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, with items built-in into this yr’s window show.
