The Kinks frontman asks Elon Musk to stop putting warnings on posts

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The Kinks frontman asks Elon Musk to stop putting warnings on posts

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.