Elton John quits Twitter blaming change in misinformation policy

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Elton John quits Twitter blaming change in misinformation policy
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The website recently rolled back a policy aimed at tackling the spread of Covid falsehoods.

In, the Rocket Man singer wrote: "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.

Since Mr Musk completed his $44bn Twitter takeover in October, there has been controversy over the Covid policy roll-back, as well as other moves such as reinstating some previously suspended accounts and charging users for their "blue tick". In Ms Hadid's announcement, she referred to Twitter under Mr Musk as a "cesspool of hate and bigotry".

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