Dear MoveOn member,

The CEO of YouTube just announced that Donald Trump will be let back on
the platform.^1 Bloomberg News reports that Facebook is likely to lift
Trump's ban as well, allowing him to once again push his lies and racist
conspiracy theories all over the Internet.^2

This is truly awful news—but we are ready to fight back.

We already know this is a battle we can win. During last year's
presidential election, MoveOn hired a team of researchers and digital
sleuths who tracked, exposed, and helped shut down white supremacist and
far-right disinformation networks. Now, we need to prepare to fight back
as soon as Trump re-emerges on social media.

But there's one big problem: Donations to MoveOn have dropped
significantly since last year, and unless our members step up, we won't
have the resources to take on the conspiracy theories and lies spread by
Trump online at the scale it will surely require.



We're aiming to sign up 1,250 new monthly donors in the next 48 hours so
we're able to fight back. Will you chip in $5 a month to
make sure Trump's lies can't spread unchecked across social media?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



The exact timing of Trump's return to social media hasn't been announced,
but YouTube's CEO says that his ban will be lifted when the "risk of
violence has decreased."^3 Meanwhile, the Facebook Oversight Board, a.k.a.
the "Supreme Court of Facebook," is reportedly poised to let Trump back on
Facebook and Instagram any day now.^4

We all saw on January 6 how dangerous Trump's conspiracy theories can be,
and Republicans continue to push the Big Lie that the election was stolen
to justify the most sweeping attack on voting rights since Jim Crow.

After the insurrection, Trump was banned from social media, and the amount
of disinformation on the internet immediately started to decline. The last
thing we need now is Trump back on the internet pushing racist
disinformation and inspiring violence, especially with the COVID-19
pandemic suddenly resurgent.

Meanwhile, after four years of resistance, donations to MoveOn and other
progressive groups have fallen off significantly.

It's a recipe for disaster. Donald Trump comes back to social media, and
progressives don't have the resources to fight back.

We know how to limit the damage of Trump's disinformation. We have to
track it, call it out, and demand that the big social media networks shut
it down. But it isn't cheap or easy. Disinformation spreads like wildfire
on social media, and it will take an incredible amount of pressure to get
Facebook, YouTube, and other social media companies to take action.



That's why we're asking you to start your monthly donation today, so that
we're ready the minute Trump's social media ban is lifted and can keep
fighting back against his conspiracy theories for as long as it takes.
Will you chip in $5 a month?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



Thanks for all you do.

–Michael, Justin, Rahna, Ankur, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "YouTube will lift Trump suspension when 'risk of violence has
decreased,' CEO says," CNET, March 4, 2021
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2. "Facebook's New Board Has Incentives to Bring Back Donald Trump,"
Bloomberg, March 23, 2021
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3. "YouTube will lift Trump suspension when 'risk of violence has
decreased,' CEO says," CNET, March 4, 2021
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4. "Facebook's New Board Has Incentives to Bring Back Donald Trump,"
Bloomberg, March 23, 2021
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cruelty and incompetence of the Trump administration, we need to take bold
action to contain the spread of the virus, speed up the delivery of
vaccines, and deliver real economic relief to families across the country.
MoveOn is prepared to launch a massive, nationwide campaign to ensure
Congress acts swiftly to deliver more emergency checks, extend
unemployment benefits, ramp up our nation's vaccination program, and more.
But we need your help.

Will you chip in to our campaign to ensure Congress acts boldly to
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[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.





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