{"id":126302,"date":"2024-11-16T00:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126302"},"modified":"2024-11-16T00:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T17:07:03","slug":"stephen-king-leaves-x-describing-atmosphere-as-too-toxic-stephen-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126302","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King leaves X, describing atmosphere as \u2018too toxic\u2019 | Stephen King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Stephen King has announced he is quitting X after describing the platform as \u201ctoo toxic\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">In a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/twitter\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">X<\/a> on Thursday, the author of The Shining and Shawshank Redemption wrote: \u201cI\u2019m leaving Twitter. Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic.\u201d Referring to the rival platform launched by Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta, he added: \u201cFollow me on Threads, if you like.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">This week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2024\/nov\/13\/the-guardian-no-longer-post-on-x-twitter-elon-musk\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Guardian<\/a> said it would stop posting on X, citing concerns over toxic content on the platform. The German football club <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2024\/nov\/14\/st-pauli-leave-x-first-major-football-club\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">St Pauli<\/a>, the actor Jamie Lee Curtis, the US TV journalist Don Lemon and Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia have also announced they will no longer post on the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">On Wednesday, King denied he had called X\u2019s owner, Elon Musk, \u201cTrump\u2019s new first lady\u201d or that the world\u2019s richest person, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/12\/trump-appoints-elon-musk-government-efficiency-department\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">staunch Donald Trump supporter<\/a>, had kicked him off the platform \u2013 drawing a reply of \u201cHi Steve!\u201d from Musk\u2019s own account.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">King, 77, has clashed with Musk before over his ownership of the platform. Shortly after Musk completed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/oct\/28\/elon-musk-twitter-hate-speech-concerns-stock-exchange-deal\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">$44bn (\u00a335bn) takeover<\/a> of the sitein 2022, when it was known as Twitter, King threatened to quit the platform after a report that it would charge users $20 to keep their blue verification tick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">\u201c$20 a month to keep my blue check? Fuck that, they should pay me. If that gets instituted, I\u2019m gone like Enron,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">King also rebuked Musk during the presidential election campaign, throughout which the Tesla chief executive used his account to back Trump\u2019s candidacy. Responding to a Musk claim on X that the Democratic party candidate, Kamala Harris, \u201cwants to break the constitution\u201d, King wrote: \u201cThat\u2019s ridiculous. As usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">On Wednesday, the Guardian said it would no longer post from its official accounts because the benefits of being on the site were outweighed by the negatives, citing the \u201coften disturbing content\u201d found on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">St Pauli, a team in Germany\u2019s Bundesliga top division, announced on Thursday it would no longer use the site, describing the social media site as a \u201chate machine\u201d. La Vanguardia, Spain\u2019s fourth most-read newspaper for general news, also said it would stop posting on X because it had become an \u201cecho chamber\u201d for disinformation and conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">Announcing her departure on Instagram, Lee Curtis wrote: \u201cGod, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. Courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference.\u201d Lemon said X was no longer a place for \u201chonest debate and discussion, transparency and free speech\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-10\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what\u2019s happening and why it matters<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;morning-briefing&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what\u2019s happening and why it matters&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-10\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">The Center for Countering Digital Hate also quit X this week, citing changes to the site\u2019s terms and conditions that say all legal disputes relating to the platform\u2019s new rules will be heard in the state of Texas, which CCDH believes will be beneficial to Musk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">X rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/bluesky\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Bluesky<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/12\/us-election-bluesky-users-flee-x-twitter-trump-musk\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">added more than 1 million new users<\/a> since the US election and has nearly 15 million users worldwide, up from 9 million in September, the company has said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-106f06m\">X has been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2024\/nov\/15\/stephen-king-quits-x-atmosphere-too-toxic\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen King has announced he is quitting X after describing the platform as \u201ctoo toxic\u201d. 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