The Stop the Deal campaign is persuading Tesla stockholders
to take action against the takeover deal, which has been put on hold by Musk as
he wants more information on fake accounts on the platform.
The group with nonprofits like Accountable Tech, Center for
Countering Digital Hate, GLAAD and MediaJustice, has also asked Tesla
stakeholders to ask advertisers to stop spending on the platform.
Musk "would steamroll basic content moderation
safeguards and provide a megaphone to extremists who traffic in white
nationalism, hate, disinformation, and harassment, further endangering
marginalized communities", the group said in a statement.
Musk would "reinstate Twitter accounts of public
figures who were banned for inciting violence and spreading dangerous
disinformation".
"Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter will not lead to more
'free speech' on the platform," Rahna Epting, executive director of
MoveOn, said in a statement.
"It will simply lead to more extreme voices exploiting
the platform to stoke hate, violence and harassment. Social media platforms
that are nothing more than toxic cesspools of disinformation are harmful to our
society and our politics."
Meanwhile, Twitter said late on Friday that the completion
of the deal is now "subject to remaining customary closing conditions,
including approval by Twitter stockholders and the receipt of applicable
regulatory approvals".