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SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) – AirAsia Group's CEO Bhd, Tony Fernandes, has closed his Facebook account and said he could close his Twitter page, citing "hatred" pbaded on the networks after the broadcast in direct from the terrorist attack against two mosques in New Zealand.
"The hatred that prevails in social media sometimes outweighs the good," Fernandes said in an article posted on Twitter Sunday (March 17).
"But on Twitter, I think the battle for me continues."
Fernandes said that his Facebook account had 670,000 subscribers. In a Twitter post on Saturday, he said that he was "a big fan" of social media, he had to think seriously before staying on Facebook after the mbad shot that left 50 dead in Christchurch, the second city of the country, in New Zealand.
Fernandes has about 1.29 million followers on Twitter and has tweeted more than 20,200 times since joining in 2008, often commenting on the performance of its companies and sports teams.
He is co-owner of the English football club Queens Park Rangers. AirAsia is one of the largest discount carriers in the region.
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