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To: Jack Dorsey, CEO At Twitter
Shut Down Donald Trump's Twitter Account
Donald Trump has used his Twitter account to express racist remarks, hate speech, misogynist comments and lies. He is now continuing to lie as president elect about his fabricated "accomplishments". Twitter needs to change its policy so that the tweeting of hate speech, racist remarks and verifiable false information results in an account being immediately and permanently shut down. This would be extremely easy for Twitter to do, and it would allow them to lead the way in establishing social media as a legitimate and reliable source of information. This has to happen ASAP and this policy needs to be in place before Trump assumes the POTUS Twitter account.
Why is this important?
Donald Trump's hostility to the American press corps is well known. By calling individual reporters "scum" and "losers", he has attempted to minimize the great American tradition of a free press which monitors and distributes news to an informed electorate. His ability to bypass this traditional media by tweeting his lies, racism and hate speech can be easily prevented by monitoring his "real Donald Trump" account (and eventually "POTUS") and shutting it down permanently if any tweet contains hate speech, racist remarks and verifiable false information.