To The People Quitting Twitter Now That Elon Musk Has Taken Over: Why Didn’t You Leave Before?
Yeah, I get it – you don’t like Elon Musk. Neither do I. But why didn’t you say anything about Twitter’s already existing hate speech before the mogul took over? Where was the outrage over the eating disorder accounts, pro-pedophilia users, and pornographic content?
Just this week, Whoopi Goldberg announced that she's leaving Twitter over Elon Musk. Of course, she isn’t the only celebrity to do so following the announcement of Musk’s recent acquisition – Toni Braxton, Sara Bareilles, Stephen Fry, and others have left as well. Now, “microcelebrities" and social media influencers on Twitter are threatening to ditch the platform too. "I’m leaving Twitter until they decide to reinstate their Human Rights and Ethics teams. You can’t promote Hate speech and call it Free Speech. Until then…Unpleasant Dreemz…" writes user @TheRealElvira.