Chrissy Teigen's Twitter Exit Highlights Overlapping Nature of Harassment and Misinformation
26 March 2021 - 4:13AM
Dow Jones News
By Georgia Wells
Thursday's hearing is spotlighting online misinformation, but
model and entrepreneur Chrissy Teigen's recent exit from Twitter
highlights the platforms' challenges with harassment and negativity
faced by some high-profile users.
Ms. Teigen, in a series of tweets Wednesday
(https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/entertainment/chrissy-teigen-twitter-intl-scli/index.html),
said the pain she felt from interactions on Twitter had started to
affect her as a person.
"It's time for me to say goodbye. This no longer serves me as
positively as it serves me negatively," she said in her post.
During the past two years, followers of the QAnon conspiracy
theory spread false narratives on Twitter claiming connections
between her and a pedophile ring. Twitter bans QAnon content from
its platform, but the company often struggles to enforce its
rules.
"For years I have taken so many small, 2-follower count punches
that at this point, I am honestly deeply bruised," she said on
Twitter.
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