Friend,
In 2021, Facebook suspended Donald Trump after he used the platform to incite the January 6 insurrection that left 5 people dead.
And after Trump was banned, lies about the election on Facebook and other social media platforms that banned Trump immediately declined by 73 percent.1
But now, Facebook's parent company, Meta, just signaled that Trump's ban could be lifted by the end of this year.2
We haven't forgotten those killed as a result of Trump's racist, misogynistic, lying posts, and we can't let him start going viral again.
UltraViolet led calls to ban Trump from Facebook in the first place, and if we can raise enough money, we'll be able to launch a major pressure campaign aimed at Facebook, including petitions, mobile billboards, and other ads all around its corporate headquarters.
Will you chip in $5 to UltraViolet and help keep Trump off Facebook?
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Trump's influence while on Facebook cannot be overstated.
In just one year, more than 2,000 of Trump's posts contained violent, extremist rhetoric or disinformation about everything from COVID to the election to Black Lives Matter. Those posts were shared and liked more than 927 million times.3
Before bowing to public pressure to ban Trump, Facebook did almost nothing to limit the damage caused by Trump's disinformation and hate. In fact, its own employees staged a walkout in protest the company's allowing of Trump's racist posts calling for violence against Black Lives Matter rallies.4
It's not like Trump has gotten better since his ban. Just last week, he posted a death threat against Mitch McConnell on his own social media platform.5 His posts there have been so violent and dangerous that Google refuses to host it in its app store.6 Nonetheless, Meta's president of global affairs has said outright he's considering letting Trump back on Facebook.7
Facebook couldn't contain Trump's lies before, and we can't let Trump back on the platform now. We need to sound a major alarm so that Facebook has no choice but to keep Trump's suspension in place.
Rush a donation of $5 to UltraViolet now and help keep Trump off Facebook!
Thank you for fighting alongside us.
Katie, Shaunna, Sonja, Kathy, Melody, Elisa, Lindsay, Kimberly, Maria, Toni, KaeLyn, KD, Iris, Bridget, Jaya, Meena, Isatou, and Luna, the UltraViolet Action team.
Sources :
1. Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump and some allies, The Washington Post, January 16, 2021
2. Trump may be allowed back on Facebook early next year, Mashable, September 22, 2022
3. A quarter of Trump’s 6,081 Facebook posts last year featured misinformation or extreme rhetoric, The Washington Post, February 18, 2021
4. Facebook Employees Stage Virtual Walkout to Protest Trump Posts, The New York Times, October 10, 2021
5. Trump Says McConnell Has "DEATH WISH" In Menacing Post, Mother Jones, October 2, 2022
6. Google hasn't approved Truth Social's Android app because of all the violent content, Mashable, August 30, 2022
7. Trump Could Be Back on Facebook as Soon as January, Gizmodo, September 22, 2022
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