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Grimes Slams Musk’s X as ‘Poison’ and ‘Prison’ in Scathing Takedown

Her comeback post links policy shifts that led to rising hate speech to her urgent push for legal protections to keep her children off the platform.

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

  • On July 7 she returned from a hiatus to call X “a poison,” “a prison,” and “a theatre” of short-form content that addicts and depresses users.
  • Her remarks mark the strongest public denouncement yet and echo earlier criticisms of social media as a “ghost town of depression” and a “massive moral failure.”
  • She directly associates Elon Musk’s mid-2023 moderation rollback with a reported 50% surge in hate speech on X.
  • Grimes has sought legal measures to prevent her three children—X Æ A-Xii, Exa Dark Sideræl, and Techno Mechanicus—from being exposed online.
  • The critique underscores broader concerns over short-form platform governance and its impact on user well-being.