Jameela Jamil quits ‘hell platform’ Twitter after Elon Musk takeover: ‘Lawless hate, bigotry and misogyny’

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Jameela Jamil has quit Twitter after the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, purchased the highly influential “hell platform”.

The Good Place actor joined other LGBT+ advocacy groups in expressing a mixture of worry and scepticism ahead of the Tesla mogul’s thumping takeover of the website.

Jamil raised questions about the 50-year-old’s intentions to buy Twitter for around $44 billion. Musk stressed in a statement announcing the deal that “free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy”.

“One good thing about Elon buying Twitter is that I will *FINALLY* leave and stop being a complete menace to society on here,” Jamil tweeted on Monday evening (25 April) to her one million followers. “So, it’s a win for you all, really.”

She also expressed her suspicion over Musk buying the social media service for “free speech”.

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Under Musk’s leadership, Twitter is “going to become a lawless space of bigotry, misogyny and xenophobia and people who already have no money… being manipulated about crypto,” Jameela Jamil explained.

The 36-year-old doubled down on this as she posted her “last tweet”.

“Ah, he got twitter. I would like this to be my [sic] what lies here as my last tweet,” she said.

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Ah he got twitter. I would like this to be my what lies here as my last tweet. Just really *any* excuse to show pics of Barold. I fear this free speech bid is going to help this hell platform reach its final form of totally lawless hate, bigotry, and misogyny. Best of luck. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/fBDOuEYI3e

— Jameela Jamil