Why Gigi Hadid Deleted Her Twitter Account After Elon Musk Takeover Deal

American supermodel Gigi Hadid isn’t any extra on Twitter, all because of Elon Musk, the brand new boss of the microblogging web site.

Taking to Instagram, Gigi introduced that she has deactivated her Twitter account amid the mass layoffs, together with the human rights crew, Page Six reported.

Criticising Musk over his management, Gigi wrote, “For a long time, but especially with its new leadership, it’s becoming more and more of a cesspool of hate & bigotry, and its [sic] not a place I want to be a part (sic) of.”

She additionally apologised to her followers for deactivating her Twitter account.

“Only sorry to the fans, who I have loved connecting with for a decade via Twitter, but I can’t say “I can not keep it is a protected place for anybody, nor a social platform that can do extra good than hurt,” she concluded.

Alongside her statement, she posted Human Rights Counsel Shannon Raj Singh’s tweet about being laid off from the tech giant.

Gigi Hadid’s story explained her decision to leave Twitter on Instagram
Photo Credit: Instagram/ @gigihadid

Last week, Musk fired hundreds of employees after taking control of Twitter.

Defending his decision to fire employees, Musk said that it was needed as Twitter was losing more than $4 million (roughly Rs. 32,755 crore) per day. “Regarding Twitter’s discount in pressure, sadly, there isn’t a alternative when the corporate is dropping over USD 4M/day. Everyone exited was supplied 3 months of severance, which is 50 % greater than legally required,” Musk tweeted.

On Saturday, Twitter also began rolling out the paid subscription system where the users will have to pay $8 (roughly Rs. 655) for the blue tick.