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George Soros, Clinton and Obama staffers and European governments are behind anti-Musk campaign

By Harriet Alexander For Dailymail.com 01:03 EDT 04 May 2022 , updated 11:49 EDT 04 May 2022

 

Some of the most high-profile liberal figures have joined together to encourage advertisers to boycott if brings in his promised policy of unfettered 'free speech.'

 

Twenty six NGOs and advocacy groups signed a expressing concern about the world's richest man's plan.

 

Musk himself responded to the letter asking who funded them: the answer being an assortment of 'dark money groups' like George Soros's Open Society Foundation; NGOs founded by former Clinton and Obama administration staffers; wealthy donors and their family foundations; labor unions; and the governments of European nations.

 

'Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter will further toxify our information ecosystem and be a direct threat to public safety, especially among those already most vulnerable and marginalized,' they wrote.

 

They warned that advertising on Twitter would see their company 'risks association with a platform amplifying hate, extremism, health misinformation, and conspiracy theorists.'

 

The authors continued: 'Under Musk's management, Twitter risks becoming a cesspool of misinformation, with your brand attached, polluting our information ecosystem in a time where trust in institutions and news media is already at an all-time low.

 

'Your ad dollars can either fund Musk's vanity project or hold him to account. We call on you to demand Musk uphold these basic standards of community trust and safety, and to pull your advertising spending from Twitter if they are not.'

 

The 26 signatories to the letter warning advertisers off Twitter

 

  1. Access Now

 

  1. Accountable Tech

 

  1. Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation

 

  1. Center for Countering Digital Hate

 

  1. Empowering Pacific Islander Communities (EPIC)

 

  1. Face the Music Collective

 

  1. Fair Vote UK

 

  1. Free Press

 

  1. Friends of the Earth

 

  1. Gender Equity Policy Institute

 

  1. GLAAD

 

  1. Global Project Against Hate and Extremism

 

  1. Indivisible Northern Nevada

 

  1. Kairos

 

  1. Media Matters for America

 

  1. MediaJustice

 

  1. NARAL Pro-Choice America

 

  1. National Hispanic Media Coalition

 

  1. Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

 

  1. Reproaction

 

  1. Stop Online Violence Against Women Inc

 

  1. The Sparrow Project

 

  1. UltraViolet

 

  1. Union of Concerned Scientists

 

  1. V-Day/One Billion Rising

 

  1. Women's March

 

Musk, in response to the letter, tweeted: 'Who funds these organizations that want to control your access to information? Let's investigate …'

 

Piqued by the critique, he added: 'Sunlight is the best disinfectant.'

 

The letter signed by the 26 groups was sent on headed paper bearing the logos of Accountable Tech, Media Matters for America, and Ultraviolet.

 

 

ACCOUNTABLE TECH - NICOLE GILL, CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

 

Accountable Tech is a Washington DC-based group led by Nicole Gill, a political campaigner and founder of the 2017 Tax March, and Jesse Lehrich, a former foreign policy spokesman for Hillary Clinton's campaign and the nephew of David Axelrod, former senior adviser to Barack Obama.

 

'Social media giants are eroding our consensus reality and pushing democracy to the brink,' they state on their website.

 

'Accountable Tech is fighting back.'

 

Founded in May 2020, the group is a 501(c)(4), which means it does not have to disclose its donor list, and it does not say on the website who funds it.

 

MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA - DAVID BROCK, FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN

 

Media Matters for America was begun in May 2004 by David Brock - a former conservative journalist who turned liberal, and in 2017 was described by as the 'Democrats' attack dog'.

 

'The Clinton enforcer, who raised tens of millions of dollars and created a far-reaching web of outside groups to push her presidential candidacy, is now training his sights on Trump,' they wrote at the time.

 

'Brock is rallying Democratic megadonors behind his cause and while he can be controversial at times, few bet against his efforts. His tentacles are far-reaching, including his media monitoring nonprofit Media Matters and the opposition research super PAC American Bridge.'

 

Media Matters for America says it is 'dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.'…

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10780583/George-Soros-Clinton-Obama-staffers-European-governments-anti-Musk-campaign.html

 

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