It is immoral, dangerous, and highly destructive to our democracy for any advertiser to fund a platform that fuels hate speech, election denialism and conspiracy theories. Until actions are taken to make this a safe space, we call on companies to pause all advertising on Twitter.
— Derrick Johnson (@DerrickNAACP) November 4, 2022
The NAACP joined other civil rights organisations in calling for an advertising boycott of the site on Friday. “Any advertising funding a platform that fosters hate speech, election denialism, and conspiracy theories is unethical, dangerous, and very damaging to our democracy,” NAACP President Derrick Johnson said in a statement.
