Staff,

We are disturbed by the day’s events in Washington, D.C. and request three actions of
Staff:

1. Permanently suspend @realDonaldTrump over his actions on January 6

2. Provide a clear account of the day’s decision making process regarding the
President’s tweets
3. An investigation into the last several years of corporate actions that led to Twitter’s
role in today’s insurrection

For the last four years, we have watched right wing extremists grow on our platform,
nurtured by @realDonaldTrump. We have seen Twitter leadership struggle to deal with
the violent, hateful rhetoric shared by @realDonaldTrump. We have respected those
decisions and had faith in those who make them, knowing that settling policy around
hate speech and misinformation is nuanced and difficult. We appreciate stronger
measures, like the interstitials recently used on his account and his Jan. 6 timeout.

We do not believe these actions are sufficient.

Trump is no longer a legitimate democratic actor. In a video posted on Twitter, he called

the election “fraudulent” and a “landslide” in his favor, while referring to his loyalists as
“very special” even as they broke into the Capitol building and clashed with police. At no
point did the outgoing President unambiguously denounce their actions.

We must examine Twitter’s complicity in what President-Elect Biden has rightly termed
insurrection. Those acts jeopardize the wellbeing of the United States, our company,
and our employees.

First, we request that @realDonaldTrump’s account be suspended permanently, before

he can further harm using our platform.

Second, we request more transparent internal communications around Twitter’s civic

integrity policy and how it applied.

Third, we request an independent investigation into Twitter’s role in these events.

Despite our efforts to serve the public conversation, as Trump’s megaphone, we helped
fuel the deadly events of January 6th. We request an investigation into how our public
policy decisions led to the amplification of serious anti-democratic threats. We must
learn from our mistakes in order to avoid causing future harm.

We play an unprecedented role in civil society and the world’s eyes are upon us. Our
decisions this week will cement our place in history, for better or worse.

We do not claim to speak for any other Tweeps than those who add their names here.
The Undersigned