{"id":27126,"date":"2022-12-01T21:26:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/01\/moby-sends-last-tweet-in-protest-of-elon-musk\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T21:26:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:26:29","slug":"moby-sends-final-tweet-in-protest-of-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/01\/moby-sends-final-tweet-in-protest-of-elon-musk\/","title":{"rendered":"Moby sends &#8220;final Tweet&#8221; in protest of Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/moby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moby<\/a> has give up Twitter in protest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The musician despatched his final tweet on Tuesday (November 29) earlier than he exited the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cThis will be my last tweet. Last night @elonmusk posted an alt-right anti-Semitic meme, a fake @cnn story, and an image of guns on his bedside table. @Twitter<br \/>has become a cesspool of racism, anti-semitism, disinformation, and dimwitted alt-right hate, and it\u2019s time to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His exit got here on the identical day actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/en_asia\/artists\/jim-carrey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Carrey<\/a> additionally<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/jim-carrey-quit-twitter-i-love-you-all-so-much-3358919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> give up Twitter with a message alongside an animated video model of one in all his personal work<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This will likely be my final tweet. Last evening <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@elonmusk<\/a> posted an alt-right anti-Semitic meme, a faux <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@cnn<\/a> story, and a picture of weapons on his bedside desk. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Twitter<\/a> has develop into a cesspool of racism, anti-semitism, disinformation, and dimwitted alt-right hate, and it\u2019s time to go away.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 moby X\u24cbX (@thelittleidiot) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thelittleidiot\/status\/1597594828560166913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m leaving Twitter, but 1st here\u2019s a cartoon I made with my friend Jimmy Hayward,\u201d Carrey started in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s based on my painting of a crazy old Lighthouse Keeper, standing naked in a storm, summoning the angels and shining his lamp to guide us through a treacherous night. I love you all so much!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video sees the lighthouse keeper in query singing a folks track concerning the thunderstorm he\u2019s caught in, singing of \u201c<em>angels [who] fill this place with gentle<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of public figures have left Twitter in latest weeks together with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/kathy-burke-tells-elon-musk-fuck-off-twitter-verification-plans-3339533\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathy Burke<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/stephen-fry-quits-twitter-following-elon-musks-takeover-3346055\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Fry<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/julian-casablancas-calls-elon-musk-a-bottom-line-hungry-super-villain-3347878\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Strokes\u2019 Julian Casablancas,\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/comedy-band-spitlip-takedown-elon-musk-with-pop-punk-song-fuck-the-sun-3349603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comedy band SpitLip\u00a0<\/a>and, most just lately,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jack-white\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack White<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/trent-reznor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trent Reznor.<\/a>\u00a0Many of them have cited the choices of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>, who took over possession of the platform final month, as their motive for leaving.<\/p>\n<p>Musk has additionally been vocal about his perception in selling free speech on Twitter. Earlier this week (November 28), <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1597285572699074560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he referred to as out Apple<\/a>\u00a0for ceasing promoting on the platform, asking: \u201cDo they hate free speech in America?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/elon-musk-claims-hate-speech-has-declined-on-twitter-since-he-took-over-3356333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has claimed that hate speech has declined on the web site<\/a>\u00a0following his takeover in October.<\/p>\n<p>It had beforehand been reported that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/hate-speech-reportedly-spiked-twitter-elon-musk-takeover-3340191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">using antisemitic, homophobic, racist and transphobic language had spiked after Musk turned head of Twitter.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, sharing slides from a latest firm speak, Musk has claimed that \u201chate speech impressions are lower\u201d in response to inside sources.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/elon-musk-completes-twitter-takeover-3338149\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firing a number of high executives instantly after taking up Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/elon-musk-tells-twitter-staff-to-work-long-hours-at-high-intensity-or-leave-3351015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shedding hundreds of workers<\/a>\u00a0within the weeks since, Musk has additionally confirmed that Twitter is hiring.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Musk allegedly advised the remaining Twitter workers that they have to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/elon-musk-tells-twitter-staff-to-work-long-hours-at-high-intensity-or-leave-3351015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work long hours at high intensity<\/a>\u201d or go away the corporate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '2300206660218433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Moby has give up Twitter in protest of Elon Musk. The musician despatched his final tweet on Tuesday (November 29) earlier than he exited the social media platform. He wrote: \u201cThis will be my last tweet. Last night @elonmusk posted an alt-right anti-Semitic meme, a fake @cnn story, and an image of guns on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-27126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}