Facebook's anonymous policy chief has been using the platform to boost
pro-Trump lies -- even making the Daily Caller, a cesspool of racism and
misogyny, an official fact-checker! Let's put Joel Kaplan in the public
eye and make him famous -- and force Zuckerberg to act. Join the call:

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John,

Facebook policy chief Joel Kaplan has been using the vast social network
to boost sites that pump out pro-Trump lies and climate denial, even
stepping in to make the Daily Caller -- a cesspool of racism and misogyny
-- an official fact-checker.

Kaplan’s influence is huge, but outside Facebook he’s anonymous -- so he’s
skating by even as Facebook is under fire.

With just weeks to the election, we need to put him in the public eye and
make him famous so that Mark Zuckerberg sees he has to act. Join the
call: 

[ [link removed] ]Mark Zuckerberg: stop the flood of lies, fire Joel Kaplan!

Kaplan -- a former Bush aide and coal lobbyist -- has been quietly calling
key shots at Facebook for years. When Zuckerberg considered taking down a
Trump video about banning Muslims in 2015, Kaplan persuaded him to change
Facebook’s own rules instead. 

And when Facebook was revamping its newsfeed algorithm, Kaplan's
team stepped in to protect Fox News’ and Breitbart’s rankings.

Insiders say this is about appeasing Republican accusations of pro-liberal
bias. But by pandering to their paranoia, Facebook has allowed lies and
hate to flood the platform.

With so much at stake we can’t afford to have Kaplan pull the strings, but
right now few people know who he is. That’s why we need a massive public
outcry that makes him too toxic even for Zuckerberg. Add your name -- when
we get enough signatures we’ll plaster Silicon Valley with our demand:

[ [link removed] ]Zuckerberg: fire Joel Kaplan now!

Big tech is helping push democracy to the edge. But a growing movement is
fighting back, and winning victories -- like getting Reddit to finally ban
hate speech. So in these critical weeks let’s come together and fight to
end Facebook’s flood of lies.



[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 



Thanks for all that you do,
Olivia and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Facebook Needs Trump Even More Than Trump Needs Facebook Bloomberg
Businessweek, September 17, 2020
[ [link removed] ]How conservatives learned to wield power inside Facebook Washington
Post, February 20, 2020

 

 

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