Dear John,

Facebook decided only a few months ago that Donald Trump's spread of conspiracy theories was so harmful that his own Facebook and Instagram accounts were suspended for two years.¹

But Trump is exploiting a loophole that lets him evade Facebook’s enforcement decisions. Despite Trump’s ban, Facebook is allowing the “Team Trump” page—operated by Trump’s Save America Political Action Committee (PAC)—to run political ads that may as well be messages from Trump himself.²

CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook team can’t look the other way and keep profiting from disinformation and other harmful content while Trump abuses their platform to undermine our democracy. They must tighten their content moderation policies and close this loophole immediately.

Click to sign this petition now demanding that Facebook close this dangerous loophole and prevent Trump from using the platform to spread lies and undermine our democracy.

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Trump may not be able to post on Facebook using his account, but he has found a massive loophole to exploit: Using political committees under his control to post content. Trump’s group—the Save America PAC—has been running ads inviting Facebook users to attend Trump rallies, donate to Trump’s political efforts, and more. Facebook is trying to claim that this doesn’t violate Trump’s suspension, so long as the ads are not being posted in Trump’s “voice.”³

But Facebook’s policy is extremely vague and not rooted in any campaign finance law—and Trump is taking advantage. In reality, all communications from this PAC, which Trump established and controls, are unquestionably messages from him.

Allowing Trump to exploit this loophole only signals to other violators of Facebook’s policies that they too can easily evade enforcement actions by using a different page run by a political group under their control.

If Facebook really wants to combat voter suppression and stop online hate, it must close this dangerous gap in its policies.

Help fight Trump's lies and misinformation: Add your name to this petition—and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks for all you do,

— MoveOn

P.S. This petition was created on MoveOn.org, where anyone can start their own online petitions. You can start your own petition to push for progressive change here.

1. "Team Trump's Facebook ads circumvent ban", Axios, June 22, 2021 https://www.axios.com/team-trumps-facebook-ads-circumvent-ban-16200df9-b6e4-4d12-94ab-29f8c1657d59.html
2. "In Response to Oversight Board, Trump Suspended for Two Years; Will Only Be Reinstated if Conditions Permit”, Facebook, June 4, 2021 https://about.fb.com/news/2021/06/facebook-response-to-oversight-board-recommendations-trump/
3. “Facebook bans 'voice of Trump' from platform”, BBC, April 1, 2021 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56598862

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