All the celebrities leaving Elon Musk's X/Twitter after Donald Trump's election

A swathe of celebrities and corporations person announced they volition beryllium leaving X, formerly Twitter, aft Donald Trump’s predetermination and his assignment of the societal media platform’s proprietor Elon Musk to the national government. 

“This is thing we person been considering for a portion fixed the often disturbing contented promoted oregon recovered connected the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism,” the paper shared successful a connection connected Wednesday.

“The US statesmanlike predetermination run served lone to underline what we person considered for a agelong time: that X is simply a toxic media level and that its owner, Elon Musk, has been capable to usage its power to signifier governmental discourse.”

Dozens of celebrities person near X since Mr Musk acquired the level successful 2022, including Elton John, Gigi Hadid, White Stripes pb creator Jack White, and Whoopi Goldberg. 

After Mr Musk’s takeover of the platform, helium instantly fired the teams tasked with battling misinformation. He subsequently implemented a “general amnesty” to thousands of accounts that had received imperishable bans, including neo-Nazis, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and far-right activistic Tommy Robinson. A fewer months later, helium changed the verification strategy to let users to wage for a bluish verification tick, allowing subscribers to bask much visibility, and simultaneously making it harder to verify accounts of genuine nationalist figures.

Mr Musk himself, who is X’s astir followed user, has besides amplified misinformation to his assemblage of astir 200 million. In total, Mr Musk has made much than 50 posts viewed 1.2 cardinal times since the opening of the twelvemonth that person been debunked by autarkic information checkers, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, reported by the Financial Times.

Here are immoderate of the astir caller names to state they are leaving the platform.

The Freaky Friday histrion posted a screenshot to her Instagram connected Wednesday, showing her X relationship had been deactivated. Curtis, who had much than 745,000 followers, besides shared a supplication alongside the photograph of her deleted account. 

"God, assistance maine the serenity to judge the things I cannot change. Courage to alteration the things I can. And the contented to cognize the difference," she wrote.

While she did not specify wherefore she decided to unopen down her account, she has been nationalist astir her dislike for Mr Trump implicit the years, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris successful the 2024 statesmanlike election.

The award-winning CNN quality anchor announced his X departure connected Instagram and successful a connection connected X.

"I person loved connecting with each of you connected Twitter and past connected X for each of these years, but it's clip for maine to permission the platform," Lemon wrote. "I erstwhile believed it was a spot for honorable statement and discussion, transparency, and escaped speech, but I present consciousness it does not service that purpose."

Lemon, who had 1.5 cardinal followers connected X, besides cited the platform’s “new presumption of service”, which volition travel into effect connected Friday. The good people states that “all disputes” connected X volition present beryllium “brought exclusively successful the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas oregon authorities courts located successful Tarrant County, Texas”.

"As the Washington Post precocious reported connected X's determination to alteration the terms, this 'ensures that specified lawsuits volition beryllium heard successful courthouses that are a hub for conservatives, which experts accidental could marque it easier for X to shield itself from litigation and punish critics,'" helium continued. "I deliberation that speaks for itself."

He past directed his followers to link with him  connected different societal media platforms, including X’s competitor, Blue Sky, which was launched by Twitter laminitis Jack Dorsey.

American histrion and vocalist Bette Midler’s X relationship disappeared this week, though the 78-year-old did not permission a parting connection to followers. 

Included successful her last posts connected the tract was a declaration that Mr Trump is "a downright moron". She besides posted a photograph connected predetermination nighttime of a photograph of a vessel of Champagne with a sticky enactment connected it that work "If Kamala wins," and a vessel of Drano drain cleaner with a enactment that work "If Trump wins”. 

The comedian and Inbetweeners actor announced successful a station connected Monday that helium was besides leaving X for good. “Hello all, I’ll beryllium leaving X successful the adjacent fewer days. Thanks for the beauteous messages implicit the years,” helium wrote, but didn’t grow connected the reasoning down his departure. 

The left-wing writer started a thread connected X, asking followers whether helium should stay connected the platform. This week helium wrote that helium would permission connected January 20 – the day of the statesmanlike inauguration. 

“To my beauteous freinds (sic) and followers here: I anticipation this volition not beryllium goodbye, but conscionable hullo successful another, and amended place,” helium wrote, revealing that helium has joined BlueSky.