Dear fellow MoveOn member,
I wanted to make sure that you saw this email about how Apple is giving
Trump and his new social media app, Truth Social, a platform on the App
Store, which is already available for preorder.
News about Trump’s new app broke last week, just days before a Rolling
Stone exclusive revealed that organizers of the deadly white
supremacist-led January 6 insurrection had “dozens of planning meetings
with members of Congress and White House Staff” and organized on
Facebook.^1 We cannot let this happen again, which is why it is so wrong
that Apple is giving white supremacy and Trump a platform after he
directly incited the insurrection on social media.
[ [link removed] ]Will you join nearly 100,000 MoveOn members and add your name to my
petition calling on Apple and CEO Tim Cook to do the right thing and drop
Trump’s new social media app from the App Store?
Thanks for all you do!
–Matthew Witten
Source:
1. "EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’
of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff,"
Rolling Stone, October 24, 2021
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[ [link removed] ]SIGN THE PETITION: Apple and CEO Tim Cook must drop Trump’s new social
media app!
Dear fellow MoveOn member,
This is not good. News broke last week that Trump, who is banned from
Facebook and Twitter for inciting the deadly white supremacist-led January
6 insurrection on social media, is launching a new social media app…^1 And
Apple is giving it, and Trump, a platform on its App Store. It is
indefensible.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell Apple and CEO Tim Cook to drop Truth Social,
Trump’s new social media app from the App Store.
This isn’t the first time Apple has been in the hot seat: Ten years ago,
after receiving pressure from the public, Apple took down a terrible,
anti-LGBTQ+ app that dehumanized the LGBTQ+ community and promoted the use
of conversion therapy.^2
This just shows how much power we have when we come together against hate
and lies. Apple can and must do the right thing.
Apple and CEO Tim Cook: Drop Truth Social, Trump’s new social media app,
from the App Store.
[5]Sign Matthew's petition
As a longtime consumer of Apple products myself, I must say that my faith
in Apple is weakened knowing that it is giving a platform to Trump.
Especially after Trump knowingly downplayed the threat of COVID-19, and
his lies and negligence led to the death of hundreds of thousands across
the country, after his lies about the election resulted in a deadly
insurrection and in Republican state legislatures introducing voter
suppression legislation in 48 states across the country. All of these lies
were spread all over social media and have caused so much harm, especially
to BIPOC, disabled people, and working people. Enough.
Other tech companies have done the right thing and stopped Trump from
spreading lies on its platforms. Now, Apple must follow suit instead of
being an outlet for racism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, antisemitism,
homophobia and transphobia, or any other form of hate.
Apple: We are watching you and expect you to do the right thing.
[ [link removed] ]Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to
your friends.
Thanks!
–Matthew Witten
Sources:
1. "What we know so far about Trump's planned social media platform," NPR,
October 21, 2021
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2. "Apple Pulls Exodus Group’s ‘Gay-Cure’ App From iTunes Store," CBS New
York, March 23, 2011
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