For Immediate Release: March 11, 2022 Contact: Christina DiPasquale, 202.716.1953, christina@balestramedia.com Today, YouTube announced that it is blocking access to YouTube channels associated with Russian state-funded media globally–effective immediately. The platform’s policy change also appears to impact imprint channels managed by Russian state-funded media like “Redfish” and “SoapBox.” This news…

March 10, 2022 Dear YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, As the world watches Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal and deadly invasion of Ukraine in horror, the Change the Terms coalition is urging YouTube to take immediate action to end the spread of Russian propaganda through its platform. …

May 5, 2021 Contact: Claudia Montecinos, cmontecinos@americanprogress.org Washington, D.C. — Today, the Facebook Oversight Board announced its decision to reject Facebook’s indefinite suspension of former President Trump from the platform and instead recommend a maximum of six months to either permanently disable Trump’s account or impose a new suspension for…

February 12, 2021 Contact: Timothy Karr, 201–533–8838 WASHINGTON — On Thursday, the Change the Terms coalition strongly urged the Facebook-funded Oversight Board to uphold the platform’s January decision to suspend the account of former President Donald Trump. Change the Terms, which includes more than 60 racial-justice, human-rights, digital-rights and consumer-protection…

The following comment was submitted to the Facebook Oversight Board as part of their call for public comments on the suspension of Donald Trump’s account on Facebook. — — — — — — — — February 11, 2021 Public Comment Re: Facebook’s Suspension of Donald J. Trump 2021–001-FB-FBR Trump’s Incitement…

For Immediate Release: January 8, 2021 Contact: Claudia Montecinos cmontecinos@americanprogress.org Washington, D.C. — Today, Twitter finally took the decisive action of permanently removing and banning President Donald Trump from the platform, “due to the risk of further incitement of violence,” the tech giant said. …

For Immediate Release: January 7, 2021 Contact: Timothy Karr, 201–533–8838 The following is a statement from the Change the Terms Coalition: “Wednesday’s assault on Congress is another painful reminder of what happens when powerful social media platforms fail to act against the rampant spread of bigotry, disinformation and calls to…

For Immediate Release: January 6, 2021 Contact: Eric Naing, eric@muslimadvocates.org The following is a statement from the Change the Terms Coalition: “Donald Trump is an autocrat who just used social media to help organize and incite an insurrection against the U.S. government and the peaceful transfer of power. Trump must…

“[Facebook must] build tools to systematically increase the proactive enforcement of your rules…and stop relying on the victims of hate speech and violent speech to flag violations.” Nine days after two protestors were fatally shot in Kenosha, Wisconsin at a demonstration spurred by the police shooting of Jacob Blake, Facebook…