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Neil Young Boycotts Elon Musk’s X, Calls for Mideast Peace<!-- wp:html --><p>Getty</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/neil-young">Neil Young</a> says he is boycotting X, formerly known as <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/twitter">Twitter</a>, delivering a cryptic message to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a>.</p> <p>In a statement on his <a href="https://neilyoungarchives.com/news/1">website</a>, the revered rocker wrote: “We are stopping all use of X that we can control. For reasons that should be obvious to the richest man on Earth, we are taking this action against his company.”</p> <p>Young did not say why he quitting the platform, but it comes as Musk is under fire for tweets blasted as <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/antisemitism">antisemitic</a>. The musician also included a graphic that said: “Teslas should fly flags of love—not hate.”</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/neil-young-boycotts-elon-musks-x-calls-for-mideast-peace">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Neil Young says he is boycotting X, formerly known as Twitter, delivering a cryptic message to Elon Musk.

In a statement on his website, the revered rocker wrote: “We are stopping all use of X that we can control. For reasons that should be obvious to the richest man on Earth, we are taking this action against his company.”

Young did not say why he quitting the platform, but it comes as Musk is under fire for tweets blasted as antisemitic. The musician also included a graphic that said: “Teslas should fly flags of love—not hate.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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