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Dear Elon Musk, For 43 years, the Islamic Regime in Iran, led by Ayatollah Khamenei, has overseen the brutal and systemic persecution of its own people, torturing, raping, and killing civilians who oppose the regime. The Islamic regime has also overseen the funding and arming of violent proxy terrorist organizations in Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, and Gaza, and is responsible for the deaths of thousands of Muslims, Christians and Jews throughout the region.  Within Iran, the Ayatollah is responsible for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which is a US designated terrorist organization, and the morality police which routinely harass and arrest women for not wearing the mandatory hijab. The morality police, along with countless other Iranian regime associated officials, are currently sanctioned by the US, Canada and the EU. When it comes to technology, the Ayatollah’s regime has filtered the internet for its own public, banning social media platforms such as Twitter in their entirety, yet the Ayatollah himself uses the platform to spread blatant calls to violence which are then carried out by his own proxies, as well as Holocaust denial and other forms of conspiratorial hate. Unfortunately, these are not just words of a random Twitter user, they are calls to action from a world leader. The Ayatollah oversees the Islamic regime forces, including cyber forces, which have been repeatedly proven to use bots to target and harass activists who speak out against the regime outside of Iran. This is a stark violation of Twitter’s existing policies. Additionally, while calling for an end to the United States and Israel on a regular basis on Twitter, the Ayatollah is using an American social media platform which seeks to provide freedom of speech to the public, to spread speech that would be deemed illegal in any US court of law.  In doing so, Twitter is allowing itself to be used as a tool of the IRGC – a US designated terrorist organization. We, the undersigned, are Twitter users from all over the world who are calling for one action: remove the Ayatollah Khamenei from Twitter. Any leader who bans a platform for his own citizens shouldn’t be able to use that platform as a tool to promote antisemitism, violence and extremism – especially that which leads directly to violence against innocent people.  Mr. Musk, ban the Ayatollah Khamenei from Twitter. آقای ‏ایلان ماسک عزیز، رژیم جمهوری اسلامی به رهبری آیت الله خامنه‌ای به مدت ۴۳ سال عامل آزار و اذیت وحشیانه و سرکوب سیستماتیک مردم ایران، شکنجه، تجاوز و کشتار شهروندان مخالف رژیم بوده است. این نظام همچنین منابع مالی و تسلیحاتی سازمان‌های تروریستی نیابتی در عراق، سوریه، یمن، لبنان و غزه را تامین می‌کند و مسئول مرگ هزاران مسلمان، مسیحی و یهودی در سراسر خاورمیانه بوده است. در حکومت جمهوری اسلامی، آیت الله خامنه‌ای مسئول سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی است که توسط ایالات متحده آمریکا به عنوان یک سازمان تروریستی شناخته شده و همچنین مسئول گشت ارشاد است که بصورت روزمره زنان را به دلیل عدم رعایت حجاب اجباری مورد آزار و اذیت قرار می‌دهد و آنان را دستگیر و حبس می‌کند. در حال حاضر، گشت ارشاد به همراه تعداد بی‌شماری از مقامات مرتبط با رژیم جمهوری اسلامی توسط ایالات متحده، کانادا و اتحادیه اروپا تحریم شده‌اند.‏وقتی از فن‌آوری سخن می‌گوییم، رژیم آیت‌الله خامنه‌ای اینترنت را برای مردم خود محدود و پلتفرم‌های شبکه‌های اجتماعی مانند توییتر را به طورد کامل ممنوع کرده است. با این وجود، خود آیت‌الله خامنه‌ای از این بستر به طور آشکارا برای بسط خشونتی عریان که توسط عمال رژیم‌اش انجام می‌شوند، برای انکار هولوکاست و سایر اشکال نفرت پراکنی و توطئه‌سازی استفاده می‌کند. متأسفانه اینها فقط سخنان یک کاربر معمولی توییتر نیست، بلکه فراخوانی برای اقداماتی ضد انسانی از سوی یک رهبر جهان است. آیت‌الله خامنه‌ای فرمانده‌ی کل نیروهای جمهوری اسلامی از جمله گروهی موسوم به سپاه سایبری است که بارها اثبات شده نیروهایش از بات‌های سایبری در راستای هدف قرار دادن و آزار و اذیت فعالان خارج از ایران که علیه رژیم سخن می‌گویند استفاده می‌کند. این قطعاً نقض آشکار سیاست‌های کنونی توییتر است. علاوه بر این، در حالی‌که هدف توییتر فراهم‌ ساختن آزادی بیان برای عموم مردم است آیت‌لله خامنه‌ای به‌طور مرتب از این پلتفرم فضای مجازی آمریکایی خواهان نابودی ایالات متحده آمریکا و اسرائیل بوده است و از این بستر برای بسط سخنانی استفاده کرده که در هر دادگاه حقوقی ایالات متحده غیرقانونی تلقی می‌شود. با انجام چنین کاری، توییتر به خود اجازه می‌دهد تا به عنوان ابزاری مورد استفاده‌ی سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی (که توسط ایالات متحده یک سازمان تروریستی شناخته شده است) تبدیل شود. ما امضاکنندگان زیر از کاربران توییتر در سراسر جهانیم و خواستار یک اقدام مشخص هستیم: ‏حذف حساب‌های کاربری آیت‌الله خامنه‌ای از توییتر. هر رهبری که بستری را برای شهروندان خود ممنوع کند نباید خود بتواند از آن بستر به عنوان ابزاری برای ترویج یهودستیزی، خشونت و افراط‌گرایی استفاده کند؛ به خصوص آن‌چه که به‌طور مستقیم به خشونت علیه مردم بی گناه منجر شود. ‏آقای ماسک، توییتر را برای آیت الله خامنه‌ای ممنوع کنید.

Multiple major tech companies appear to be planning to use user data to train their artificial intelligence models. In early August, video conferencing platform Zoom changed its terms of service to include the following provision: "You consent to Zoom’s access, use, collection, creation, modification, distribution, processing, sharing, maintenance, and storage of Service Generated Data for any purpose, to the extent and in the manner permitted under applicable Law, including for the purpose of product and service development, marketing, analytics, quality assurance, machine learning or artificial intelligence (including for the purposes of training and tuning of algorithms and models)" After facing public backlash, they reversed course and clarified that they don't plan to utilize user data from calls to train their AI models. However, other companies appear to be heading in that direction. Earlier this week, a columnist from The Washington Post discovered that unless the user explicitly opts out, Google uses private data from their email to train its AI model.  Similarly, Meta took over a billion Instagram posts from public user accounts to train an AI model of their own. One of the critical components for training new AI models is having a large amount of data. Current frontier models like GPT-4 are suspected to have been trained using virtually the entire public internet. But for companies to keep building bigger models, they will need even more data — and they are now turning to user data. Researchers believe that once an AI model has seen private data during training, it is virtually impossible to make it forget that information. This means that new AI models that have been trained with private data may retain that information forever, and if they aren't deployed safely, they may inadvertently share confidential information (such as an individual's private conversations or health data) with other users.  The signatories of this petition are calling upon tech companies to never use identifiable or private user data to train new AI models. We expect that tech companies make public commitments affirming this and add new provisions to their privacy policy to this effect. For more information on the risks of AI, and opportunities to make your voice heard, visit www.themidasproject.com

It is obvious that President Trump’s tweets have violated Twitter Rules and pose a threat to world peace, have been used as a tool of harassment against Muslims, people of the LGBTQ community, representatives of both the Democrat and Republican parties, have worked to undermine the mainstream news media which is a tenant of our free democracy, and have targeted particular citizens of US and other countries.  We hereby petition the officials of Twitter, INC. to suspend the account of @realDonaldTrump and any other accounts that President Trump may have or may open in the future.  The Twitter Rules Any accounts and related accounts engaging in the activities specified below may be temporarily locked and/or subject to permanent suspension. ·    Violent threats (direct or indirect): You may not make threats of violence or promote violence, including threatening or promoting terrorism.  ·    Harassment: You may not incite or engage in the targeted abuse or harassment of others. Some of the factors that we may consider when evaluating abusive behavior include: o  if a primary purpose of the reported account is to harass or send abusive messages to others; o  if the reported behavior is one-sided or includes threats; o  if the reported account is inciting others to harass another account; and o  if the reported account is sending harassing messages to an account from multiple accounts. ·    Hateful conduct: You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease. We also do not allow accounts whose primary purpose is inciting harm towards others on the basis of these categories. 

To: common wealth of PABoard of probation and parole  We are writing to express our profound concern over the potential parole of kristy Murphy, who was convicted of the heinous crime of third degree murder. This woman played a significant role in the brutal murder and abuse of a five-year-old child, O,ryan, who was a beloved grandchild, brother, son, nephew, and innocent soul.  We demand that the parole board deny  kristy Murphy request for parole. The nature of her crime and the impact it has had on our family and community should warrant a full serving of her sentence. Releasing her would not only be a miscarriage of justice for Oryan but also pose a direct threat to the safety of other children in our family and community.  Oryan was a happy, loving child whose life was tragically cut short due to the unfathomable acts of kristy Murphy and her accomplice. His loss has left an indelible mark on our family, and we have spent the last eight years trying to heal from this tragedy. It's important to note that kristy Murphy spent only three years in prison, with the first five years of her sentence served in county jail. The thought of her being released after such a short time in prison, and potentially interacting with our other grandchildren, is unbearable and unacceptable. The severity of her crime should be reflected in her punishment. Charges are 3rd degree murder. Maximum of forty years, and  By releasing her after just 8, we would be sending a dangerous message about the consequences of child abuse and murder. O'ryan didn't even get to see the age of 8!  According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), about two-thirds (67%) of released prisoners were arrested for a new crime within three years, and three-quarters (76%) were arrested within five years [BJS]. With such high recidivism rates among released prisoners, it's clear that granting parole to someone convicted of such a heinous crime would be detrimental. We urge you to stand with us in seeking justice for O'ryan. Your signature can make a significant difference in ensuring that kristy Murphy serves her full sentence. Please also share this petition with others and raise awareness about this cause.  Together, we can ensure that O'ryan's tragic death is not forgotten, and justice is duly served. Thank you for your support.