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CNBC’s Evans leaves Twitter

July 21, 2016

Posted by Chris Roush

Kelly EvansCNBC anchor Kelly Evans is leaving Twitter, reports Allana Akhtar of USA Today.

Akhtar writes, “Evans is leaving the platform — along with most other social media — to pursue a social-free lifestyle, ‘and agrees social ‘churn’ may rise in coming years,’ her colleague on CNBC Carl Quintanilla tweeted on Wednesday.

“It’s ‘only 1/2 Twitter’s fault,’ Quintanilla relayed.

“A CNBC representative could not provide additional comment at this time.

“Evans leaves Twitter at a time the service is again under fire for failing to do enough to prevent targeted harassment of users, a problem women on the service have complained about for years. Ex-CEO Dick Costolo last year acknowledged it was a severe problem, saying ‘we suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform.'”

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