• Elton John has joined a long list of celebrities including supermodel Gigi Hadid and former White Stripes guitarist Jack White who have recently quit Twitter
British musician Elton John has announced that he will be leaving Twitter following its acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk. John joins a long list of celebrities who have recently quit Twitter, including supermodel Gigi Hadid, author Shonda Rhimes and former White Stripes guitarist Jack White.
The singer of hits like "Tiny Dancer" and "Rocket Man", who is currently on his last global tour, cited Twitter's recent policy change as the reason for leaving.
John tweeted to his 1.1 million followers, "All my life I've tried to use music to bring people together. Yet it saddens me to see that the wrong things are now being used to divide our world." how the information is being used.
"I have decided not to use Twitter anymore, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked".
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 have decided not to use Twitter anymore, given their recent change in policy which will allow misinformation to flourish unchecked.
— elton john (@eltonofficial) December 9, 2022
Musk replied to the musician in a very polite tone. The billionaire wrote, "I love your music. Hope you come back. Is there any misinformation in particular you're concerned about?"
i love your music Hope you will come back. Is there any misinformation in particular that you are concerned about?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022
Since Musk took over Twitter in a $44 billion deal, a series of changes including charging users for "blue ticks", a policy aimed at tackling misinformation related to Covid-19, have been rolled out. back and restore some previously suspended accounts. Former US President Donald Trump's idea has attracted widespread backlash.
Musk has also halved the company's workforce and made deep cuts to its trust and security team, which is responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation and harmful content.
In addition, Twitter Inc will introduce new controls as soon as next week to allow companies to prevent their ads from appearing above or below tweets containing certain keywords.
The new controls are part of Twitter's effort to reassure and attract back advertisers who have removed ads from the platform.
Twitter earns about 90% of its revenue from the sale of digital ads. Musk has blamed a recent "significant drop in revenue" to civil rights organizations that have pressured brands to halt their Twitter ads.
In a call Thursday with an advertising industry group, a Twitter representative said the platform was considering bringing on its own content moderators, many of whom are contracted through third-party vendors, according to a source familiar with the comments. .
According to a report in Reuters news agency, the social media platform is planning a new version of Twitter's subscription service called Twitter Blue to be launched soon.
Membership will allow accounts to receive a verified check mark. Accounts for individuals would get a blue check, while gold and gray check marks would denote business and government accounts, the agency wrote, citing an email thread.
The email states that the subscription price will be $7 per month on the web and $11 per month on Apple devices.
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