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In hours, Mark Zuckerberg testifies at the US senate and
we're running full-page ads of our open letter in major newspapers
-- share this everywhere to make the letter a million strong and
make Zuckerberg commit to Fixing Facebook!
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control. A quarter of a BILLION Facebook accounts are fake!
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Dear friends, It's official: Facebook
and social media are out of control. A quarter of a
BILLION Facebook accounts are fake! 87 million of us had our
data stolen to help Trump win. Russian disinformation
operations generated BILLIONS of shares. On
Wednesday CEO Zuckerberg will make history testifying
before the US Congress. This is our moment to force government
and big internet to commit to fix this mess. Sign the open
letter below with one click and Avaaz will deliver it in a
massive action outside Congress:
To
Mark Zuckerberg, Internet CEOs and Government
Regulators:
Enough is enough. We call
on you to protect our democracies and immediately:
- Tell the Truth about fake users and
disinformation campaigns, including through
independent audits.
- Ban the Bots - ban ALL fake or
imposter user accounts.
- Alert the Public - notify all users
EACH time they are exposed to fake or malicious
content, and correct the record.
- Fund the Fact-Checkers - an
independent army big enough and fast enough to stem
the spread of lies.
Crucial elections are just
months away. Facebook's motto used to be Move Fast and
Break Things. Now you need to Move Fast and Fix Things.
Sincerely,
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It's not an exaggeration. Everything we
love is under threat - from human rights to democracy
to the environment. This problem is worldwide, with
the UN even blaming Facebook for genocide of
the Rohingya! But Russia has weaponised it,
launching what NATO calls the biggest information
war in history. They've set up millions of fake users,
pages, sites, organisations posing as everything from
neo-Nazis to leftist muslim-rights organisations to psychic
fortune tellers -- all designed to promote the far
right, infiltrate the left, and undermine
democracy. They've generated billions of shares,
reaching virtually all of us. Facebook says they're
acting fast, but they've dragged their feet for months, and
they won't be transparent. Their answer is "trust us". We
can't afford that anymore, so this Wednesday let's
make sure we get the ball rolling with US legislators and
Zuckerberg publicly committing to our call to action -- add
your name with one click:
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In many ways, the Russian and far-right disinformation campaigns are the mirror image of our movement. In response to our real movement building global unity, they launch fake movements, pushing lies and deception to divide us. As a result, they've seen us as a powerful opponent and constantly targeted Avaaz! This is a battle for the soul of the internet, for democracy itself, for our future. Let's win it.
With hope and determination,
Ricken, Christoph, Nell, Mia, Alaphia, Diego, Fadi, Marie, Jenny, Meetali, Andrew, Nick, Fatima, Danny and the whole Avaaz team.
MORE INFORMATION:
Inside the two years that shook Facebook - and the world (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-2-years-of-hell/
Facebook Says Data on Most of Its 2 Billion Users Is Vulnerable
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-04/facebook-says-data-on-87-million-people-may-have-been-shared
Germany starts enforcing hate speech law (BBC News)
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42510868
How Facebook can cut down on fake news without relying on thousands of humans to decide what is true (Quartz)
https://qz.com/836508/facebook-nasdaqfb-can-stop-spreading-fake-news-without-becoming-an-arbiter-of-truth/
Selective Exposure to Misinformation: Evidence from the consumption of fake news during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign (Princeton University, Dartmouth College, University of Exeter)
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~nyhan/fake-news-2016.pdf
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