Help us continue our fight against Facebook’s destruction of democracy.

Mark Zuckerberg continues to let right-wing politicians spread lies, misinformation, and hatred on Facebook.    

Image with red background features Mark Zuckerberg with a blindfold over his eyes. Over the read background are words like "voter suppression," "lies," and "misinformation" to demonstrate the problems on Facebook that Zuckerberg ignores.

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Dear John,  

John, we need your help to keep misinformation from spreading on Facebook.  

Here we are again, demanding Mark Zuckerberg choose civil rights over allowing the spread of misinformation, outright lies, and hate speech on Facebook’s platforms. Even though Rashad and I met with him less than two weeks ago, Zuckerberg still refuses to institute civil rights protections that will protect Black people from harm and stop politicians from spreading misinformation.1 

For five years we’ve been pushing Facebook to institute clear policies that create accountability for users who spread misinformation, lies, and hatred on the platform and holding them accountable when they violate our rights and put our communities in harm's way. In that time, we’ve won important victories that better protect our communities, but the fight before us is the most important one yet. With one of the most important elections of our time looming, we cannot afford for Zuckerberg to supercharge voter suppression by giving candidates free passes to spread election misinformation and call for violence against our communities.  

To win this fight, we need your support, John. We are less than five months from election day, and we've seen campaigns ramping up misinformation and voter suppression efforts on Facebook. John, will you become a monthly backer of our work to protect our rights and democracy from Facebook? 

Yes! I will contribute $5 monthly to fight voter suppression on Facebook.   

This doesn’t just impact the spread of misinformation; it also harms Black people. In the 2016 election, for example, Facebook’s lax rules led to foreign interference that targeted Black social media users.2 Currently, it enables right-wing users to share information that violates civil rights laws and drives real-world violence toward Black people. In May, for example, Donald Trump threatened protestors through a Facebook post, saying “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”3 Donald Trump has also been continuously attacking voting by mail, sharing outrageous, false claims that mail-in ballots will lead to a ‘rigged election’ and ‘fraudulent’ voting.4      

Chip in $5 monthly to our fight against lies, misinformation, and voter suppression.  

We are less than five months away from the presidential election, and Facebook’s willful exemption of candidates from the rules lets voter suppression, harassment, and lies spread. By not fact-checking politicians and allowing them to mislead the public regarding voting methods, Facebook is setting a dangerous precedent ahead of the 2020 election. Zuckerberg’s exemptions infect Facebook with injustice and inequality, and we must continue to hold him accountable for choosing candidates over protecting our communities. 

Make a $5 monthly contribution to our fight to protect our democracy.

Until justice is real, 
—Arisha, Rashad, Brandi, Jade, Johnny, Amanda, Marie, Evan, Imani, Eesha, Samantha, Jennette, Ciera, Marcus, FolaSade, and the rest of the Color Of Change team

References:

  1. “Will Zuckerberg Dump Trump or continue to serve him?” The Guardian, July 17, 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/255849?t=10&akid=44137%2E4731121%2EFiH6HY
  2. “Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media,” The New York Times, December 17, 2018, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/255851?t=12&akid=44137%2E4731121%2EFiH6HY
  3. “The racist history of Trump’s ‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’ tweet,” Vox, May 29, 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/255852?t=14&akid=44137%2E4731121%2EFiH6HY
  4. “‘Outright Lies:’ Voting Misinformation Flourishes on Facebook,” ProPublica, July 16, 2020, https://act.colorofchange.org/go/255850?t=16&akid=44137%2E4731121%2EFiH6HY

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