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.