From: CODEPINK <info@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 9:37 AM
To: Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Thanks for telling Twitter to reinstate @ArielElyseGold
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Miriam --
Thank you for signing our petition calling on Twitter to reinstate the account
of CODEPINK co-director Ariel Gold (@ArielElyseGold) and to cease its targeting
of CODEPINK and others who oppose imperialism. We will deliver this petition to
Twitter once it reaches 5,000 signatures
There’s more you can do.
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Send an email and tweet directly at Twitter Support. If you are a U.S.
resident, use this one-click link. If you are not a U.S. resident, you email
<mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxx> support@xxxxxxxxxxx with the petition and tweet at
<https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport> @TwitterSupport.
Here's the full petition:
Twitter: Reinstate @ArielElyseGold and Stop targeting peace activists
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Dear Twitter,
We the undersigned ask you to reinstate/unsuspend the Twitter account of Ariel
Gold (@ArielElyseGold), the national co-director of CODEPINK, who on February
24, found her Twitter account suspended. No explanation has been provided as to
why her account was suspended or when it will be reinstated/unsuspended. Ariel
has submitted four appeals, but is still mystified as to why she was suddenly
suspended. Each appeal is met with an autoreply confirming Ariel’s
email--nothing else.
In addition to reinstating/unsuspending Ariel Gold’s account, we call on you to
cease targeting CODEPINK and its staff for false violations. We ask you to stop
targeting Palestinian rights and anti-war activists. Engaging in peaceful
political dissent should not be a crime.
Here’s what happened:
* Starting at the end of January 2021, Twitter began flagging tweets by
Ariel (@ArielElyseGold) and CODEPINK (@codepink) for violating their rules.
These “violations” included Ariel celebrating a 5-mile morning run during the
Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, Ariel and CODEPINK advocating for $2,000 stimulus
checks, CODEPINK advertising a webinar regarding U.S.-Russia relations,
CODEPINK mourning the loss of a Palestinian murdered by the Israeli military,
Ariel shoveling her driveway after a big snowstorm, and Ariel opposing
mansplaining (see below for images of all the tweets that were flagged for
violating Twitter rules)
* On February 8, 2021, CODEPINK filed an appeal about it and Ariel’s
tweets being flagged for “rule violations.” Twitter’s reply only stated that
CODEPINK could “appeal an account suspension.” ???
* From February 24, when Ariel’s account was suspended, through today,
Ariel has filed numerous appeals through support@xxxxxxxxxxx, She has not
received any replies from Twitter.
It’s not just CODEPINK:
* On February 23, 373 Twitter accounts associated with Armenia, Russia,
and Iran were suspended. According to Twitter, a number of these account
suspensions were for “undermining faith in the NATO alliance and its
stability.”
About CODEPINK and Ariel Gold:
* CODEPINK is a women-led grassroots organization working to end U.S.
wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect
our tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs, and other
life-affirming programs.
* Ariel Gold is an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights. She is also
an anti-racist activist who works to stop antisemitism. She has frequently been
targeted on Twitter — sometimes with hate speech or threats of violence — by
defenders of Israel’s status quo. Through Twitter, email, and snail-mail, Ariel
has received death threats focused on her work for Palestinian rights. These
threats were reported to and followed up by the FBI.
* CODEPINK and Ariel are strongly opposed to NATO, cold war incitement
against China, U.S. sanctions on Venezuela, Iran, and other countries, the war
in Yemen, weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. CODEPINK supports
diplomacy with Iran, an end to Israeli apartheid, divestment from U.S. weapons
companies, peace in the Korean Penninsula, decreasing the Pentagon budget,
troop withdrawal from the Middle East, closing U.S. military bases around the
world, demilitarizing U.S. police forces, and other pursuits to end U.S.
imperialism and create a more peaceful world.
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Click here to see all the @codepink and @ArielElyseGold tweets that were
flagged for violating Twitter rules
Please reinstate/unsuspend the Twitter account of Ariel Gold (@ArielElyseGold),
cease targeting CODEPINK and its staff for false violations, stop targeting
anti-war activists. Engaging in peaceful political dissent should not be a
crime.
Sincerely,
Please pass this petition along to a friend. Your friends can sign here:
Toward peace,
CODEPINK
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