John,
Immediately following Elon Musk’s take over of Twitter, Republican
extremists felt emboldened to spread hate speech and racist rhetoric
across the site. In just a few hours, the use of the n-word spiked close
to 500 percent, and disinformation spread like wildfire.
Elon Musk himself is part of the problem. He shared a completely baseless
and homophobic conspiracy about Paul Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi’s husband) after
he was violently attacked. Elon Musk’s 100 million plus followers then
immediately promoted this idea, helping to push it out even further.
Actions and hate speech like the examples above allow hate groups to
flourish and there’s really only one way to stop it: forcing Twitter’s
largest advertisers to suspend their ads.
Already, some advertisers have quit Twitter including General Motors,
Johnson & Johnson, and American Express. They all decided to pause ads
because of Elon’s ownership. But there are still too many corporations
that continue to give business to Twitter — allowing hate and
disinformation to keep spreading.
[ [link removed] ]Join DFA and Robert Reich at Inequality Media to tell corporations,
including HBO, Disney, Google, Pepsi, and Amazon, along with IBM, Coke,
Apple, Best Buy, and almost a dozen others, to suspend all Twitter
advertising immediately.
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Just last week, Twitter's head of trust and safety resigned after it
became clear that both trust and safety would not be a priority under
Elon.
We can force Elon to bring back sensible content moderation that prevents
dangerous conspiracy theories and racism from running rampant on Twitter
by going after the one thing he cares about — his pocketbook.
The money advertisers spend on Twitter sets the standard of speech that is
tolerated. Since Twitter’s top 20 advertisers account for 90% of the
revenue we must work to ensure that enough of these corporations feel the
pressure to act.
[ [link removed] ]Tell corporations, including HBO, Disney, Google, Pepsi, and Amazon,
along with IBM, Coke, Apple, Best Buy, and almost a dozen others, to
suspend all Twitter advertising now.
Add Your Name: [link removed]
Thank you for taking action today!
- Kait
Kait Sweeney
Director of Communications
Democracy for America
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