Friend,

Meta does not stop a user saying “Hopefully someone blows your brains out asap.” The company is enabling the normalization of violence at a time when politicians across the aisle are getting attacked and murdered.

In the past couple of years, there were three assassination attempts on President Trump. The killing of Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. The firebombing of Governor Josh Shapiro's residence.

In January 2025, Mark Zuckerberg's company rolled back key protections against hate, threats, and harassment.

We warned that abuse would increase. And it did.

Our new research shows that violent threats targeting members of Congress quadrupled in the six months after these changes.

We’re sending a letter to Mark Zuckerberg urging to reinstate safety protections and stop this abuse ahead of the November general elections.

WIRED reports that after sending Meta our research, many cited comments disappeared hours before launch. Meta knew. And they acted to hide it.

As Speaker Emerita Pelosi said in response to our report, "When Meta's business model is one that profits from hateful engagement, they have a responsibility to prevent that engagement from devolving into intimidation or violence."

Meta should be doing more to stop threats and incitement, not less.

The CCDH Team