‘I really like your music, hope you come again’: Elon Musk responds as Elton John quits Twitter

Twitter proprietor Elon Musk has responded after veteran musician Elton John give up the social media platform over “misinformation”.

Los Angeles,UPDATED: Dec 10, 2022 13:57 IST

Elton John performs Bennie and the Jets as he wraps up the US leg of his ‘Yellow Brick Road’ tour at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: All my life I’ve tried to make use of music to deliver individuals collectively. Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now getting used to divide our world, stated veteran musician Elton John as he give up Twitter citing misinformation. ‘Chief Twit’ Elon Musk in response stated that he loves Elton John’s music and hoped he would come again quickly.

“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,” Elton John tweeted.

“I’ve decided to no longer use Twitter, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked,” he added.

All my life I’ve tried to make use of music to deliver individuals collectively. Yet it saddens me to see how misinformation is now getting used to divide our world.

I’ve determined to now not use Twitter, given their latest change in coverage which is able to enable misinformation to flourish unchecked.
— Elton John (@eltonofficial) December 9, 2022

The platform had introduced round two weeks in the past that it will now not implement a coverage to fight misinformation concerning the Covid-19 pandemic.

In response to John’s submit, Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he hopes the singer returns to the platform quickly.

I really like your music. Hope you come again. Is there any misinformation specifically that you just’re involved about?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022

“I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you’re concerned about?” Musk wrote.

John’s departure comes as Twitter continues to stay on the centre of quite a lot of controversies, most notably antisemitic posts on the platform by Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, which had been criticised by the Anti-Defamation League, Ari Emanuel, LeBron James and lots of others.

Other distinguished personalities to give up Twitter since Musk took over the platform are Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Carrey, Shonda Rhimes, David Simon, Jamela Jamil, Trent Reznor, Gigi Hadid, Toni Braxton, Téa Leoni, Jack White, Liz Phair and Stephen Fry.

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(With inputs from PTI)

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Dec 10, 2022