The Kinks Dave Davies has appealed to Elon Musk to stop putting warnings on posts related to the band.
The band's lead guitarist and co-founder pleaded with the Twitter owner after one of Davies'tweets promoting a video carried a sensitive content warning, thought to be because of the band's name.
In a tweet, Davies said, Dear Elon Musk, would Twitter stop putting warnings on everything from The Kinks. We are just trying to promote Kinks music. Davies posted a screenshot of one of his tweets linking to a Kinks video on TikTok. The message at the bottom was: We put a warning on this tweet because it might have sensitive content. Davies said that the Kinks are a brand name. We have been called the Kinks since 1963. A user replied to Davies, saying that even though the warning was removed after an appeal, it was still visible. Davies said that was impossible. The word robot should be banned. I am a Kink and not a fucking robot. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Davies said that it was not the first time that Twitter had issued a warning about the band's tweets. It's been a good few months and I don't know what s going on, if they have a block on my name, or Kinks name, we don't know. The Kinks were formed in London in 1963 by Dave Davies and his brother Ray Davies, and have released a series of hit songs, including You Really Got Me. The band announced the launch of a two-part anthology series called The Journey in celebration of the 60th anniversary of their formation.