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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Tobi Thomas

Elton John quits Twitter over change that ‘allows misinformation to flourish’

Elton John performs onstage during the Farewell Yellow Brick Road The Final Tour at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Elton John: ‘… it saddens me to see how misinformation is now being used to divide our world.’ Photograph: Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP/Getty Images

Sir Elton John has said that he will no longer use Twitter after a change in its policy that he says will allow “misinformation to flourish unchecked”.

The 75-year-old musician’s comments come after Elon Musk, who bought the social media outlet for $44bn (£35.9bn), said he was granting “general amnesty” for suspended accounts, which experts have said would lead to “superspreaders of hate” returning to the platform.

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