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Grimes Labels Elon Musk’s X Platform ‘Poison’ and ‘Prison’

Grimes has returned from hiatus to denounce Musk’s platform as she pursues court bids to secure her children’s privacy.

Singer Grimes and Tesla CEO Elon Musk dated for around four years and have three children together. 
Grimes has been on a social media hiatus for months, and recounted her expeienc returning to X and other platforms in a recent post. 

Overview

  • Grimes returned from a self-imposed hiatus to call X, the platform owned by Elon Musk, “poison” and “a prison.”
  • She criticized short-form social media as a “theatre” of deep-sounding nonsense with destructive impacts on mental health.
  • Her post follows repeated pleas to keep her three children off-line and ongoing legal actions to limit their visibility.
  • Their children—X Æ A-Xii, 4; Exa Dark Sideræl, 3; and Techno Mechanicus, 3—have made unsanctioned public appearances including an Oval Office visit.
  • Sealed custody settlements in California and Texas remain unresolved, highlighting gaps in legal frameworks for protecting minors’ digital privacy.