Elton John, Whoopi Goldberg and more celebrities leave Twitter after Elon Musk takes over
Since launching in 2006, Twitter has buzzed with the news of the day, so it's no surprise that the social media company itself has been a big topic as of late.
This follows Elon Musk completing of his $44 billion purchase of the company in the final days of October, which was accompanied by changes in leadership and policies. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX made an offer to buy Twitter in April, saying that he wanted to promote free speech and end Twitter's permanent ban on some users.
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Elton John announced his departure Dec. 9.
"All my life I've tried to use music to bring people together," the singer and activist wrote. "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."
Link to tweet
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrities-leave-twitter-elon-musk-takes-over-elton-john-whoopi-goldberg-201529732.html