Tech journalist Walt Mossberg, who wrote for the Wall Street Journal for more than 20 years, announced this week that he’s deleting his X/Twitter account because Elon Musk has turned it into a “cesspool” of hate speech and antisemitism. Which is, of course, obviously true.

Mr Mossberg cut back his usage of X after Mr Musk bought back controversial figures accounts when he took over ownership of Twitter. Among others, Mr Musk restored the accounts of media personality Andrew Tate, who has been charged over rape and human trafficking claims, as well as Rep Majorie Taylor Greene, who is known for spreading conspiracy theories.

“Under Elon Musk, Twitter has not only decided to stop blocking bigots and liars and pro- insurrectionists, it has actively welcomed them, with apparent support from Mr. Musk. I had already cut my participation there by 90%. But Musk’s latest move, to threaten to ban and sue the ADL – to the delight of antisemites and other haters – is the last straw for me,” Mr Mossberg wrote on Threads.

It’s a little sad, though, that he chose to announce this on Threads, which is run by a techbro every bit as evil as Elon Musk.