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Playboy has joined the backlash against Facebook .

The magazine publisher is the latest high-profile name to announce it is quitting the social media platform in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal . Elon Musk , Will Ferrell and Cher have said in recent days theyre deactivating their Facebook accounts.

Cooper Hefner, the son of Playboys late founder Hugh Hefner and the companys chief creative officer, said early Wednesday on Twitter that the publication was stepping away from Facebook:

We are stepping away from Facebook pic.twitter.com/4yFIdk2eDE

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We are stepping away from Facebook pic.twitter.com/4yFIdk2eDE
Cooper Hefner (@cooperhefner) March 28, 2018

Hefner said Facebooks content guidelines and corporate policies contradict Playboys values, but the publication had tried to craft its voice for the platform, which in our opinion continues to be sexually repressive.

But after learning of the recent meddling in a free U.S. election involving data on Facebook users more than 25 million of which are Playboy fans Hefner said it was clear to us that we must leave the platform.

Playboy has always stood for personal freedom and the celebration of sex, Playboy Enterprises Inc. said in a further statement. Today we take another step in that ongoing fight. The company said it would be deactivating the Playboy accounts that Playboy Enterprises manages directly.

Playboys main verified Facebook account appeared to have been deleted as of early Wednesday. Other verified Playboy accounts including those for Romania, Philippines, Germany, Mexico and Brazil remained live.

Elon Musk pulled the official Facebook pages for his companies, SpaceX and Tesla , as well as his own personal page on Friday.

In a Facebook post Tuesday, comedy star Will Ferrell said hed delete his account in 72 hours because he was very disturbed to hear about Cambridge Analyticas misuse of millions of Facebook users information in order to undermine our democracy and infringe on our citizens privacy.

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