Please join me in requesting the ASC/AC remove its presence from X (Twitter). Sample letter included.

I’m sure many members of this community actively read the American Cinematographer magazine and are or hope to be members of the ASC. Several years ago when Elon Musk first bought Twitter and twisted the platform into promoting bigotry and disinformation the British Society of Cinematographers and their magazine chose to remove their presence from Twitter and have even gone so far as to remove links to Twitter from their pages and joined BlueSky.

While the ASC/AC is not active on X(Twitter) they still maintain a presence and have links to the website across all their media. In light of Elon’s very public Seig Heil Nazi salute and his long association with hate groups and disinformation I have reached out via email to the ASC/AC to recommend they remove themselves from his platforms as our BSC colleagues have.

If you feel similarly please join me in reaching out to the ASC/AC to call for them to remove all association with Elon Musk and his hate platform. The contact links as well as my email to use as a template are below:

American Cinematographer Magazine

Editorial [email protected]

American Society of Cinematographers

Email [email protected]

Sample Email

Hello,

I am an avid reader of the magazine and hope to one day achieve membership to the society.

I’m reaching out today to suggest that the magazine remove its presence from the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) and ideally move to a new platform such as BlueSky, as the BSC and BC magazine has done.

In light of recent events, Elon Musk, the owner of X has solidified his ties with far-right extremist organizations to the extent of giving public demonstrations of the Seig Heil Nazi salute. Musk has personally promoted racist conspiracy theories and Neo-Nazi rhetoric. X (Twitter) has become an open promoter of hate, extremism, and dangerous disinformation. Elon Musk and the X platform activity promotes violence and bigotry towards groups that comprise the AC’s readership and the ASC’s membership: current past, and future.

Elon Musk and X’s values are antithetical to the values of the society and magazine. It is in the best interest of the readership, the magazine, and the society to remove its presence from the platform and any association with Elon Musk.

Thank you, [Your Name]