'It saddens me': Elton John quits Twitter over concern that ‘allows misinformation to flourish unchecked'

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The EU's commissioner for digital policy, Thierry Breton, recently reminded Tesla CEO Elon Musk that he must strengthen user protection safeguards to prevent Twitter from breaking laws that may result in heavy fines or possibly a ban in the 27-nation bloc. Musk has been informed that he needs to work much harder to adhere to the new regulations, known as the Digital Services Act, which will go into force next year, as per reports from AoL. 

The Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) argued that Musk's recent tweet, which claimed that the number of tweets containing hate speech had decreased by a third, was reportedly false because it concentrated on how frequently tweets were seen rather than the number of such tweets that were actually being posted to the social media platform, as per The Guardian. Since Musk's takeover, a number of other celebrities have quit Twitter, including Whoopi Goldberg, Gigi Hadid, and Jim Carrey.

People were quick to turn to social media after Elton's statement, with one user commenting, "Ironically, Elon loses a rocket man." Another tweeted, "I presume, by misinformation, you mean opinions you don't share?" A third said, "Sure, no one was divided before Elon took over, before that it was all peaches and cream." A fourth chimed in, "The best way to combat that is by staying and denouncing it here. maybe together we can change Elon's mind." "This is is heartbreaking to me. Your music is essentially the soundtrack to my life. I was somehow sure you were on the side of freedom," said a fifth. A sixth tweeted, "Love your music. It’s called the truth, not misinformation. Bye bye."

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