A major investor revolt could finally change how Facebook deals with the
epidemic of fake news and hate on its platform.

But with a shareholder meeting days away, we need to act fast to get major
shareholders -- like state governments and Canada's national pension plan
-- on board. Let's clean up Facebook's fake news machine:

[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 

   
John,

A resolution at Facebook’s annual shareholder meeting could finally force
the platform to deal with the fake news epidemic that spurred the US
Capitol insurrection and spread covid conspiracies worldwide.

A group of shareholders are voting to make permanent the
anti-disinformation measures put in place during the 2020 US election.

But we need to bring a few big investors onside if we’re going to get
Facebook to act.

Our best hopes are the governments of two US states, and Canada’s national
pension plan. All are significant shareholders and also public servants,
so they know the damage Facebook’s business model is doing to our
democracy and our health.

[ [link removed] ]Tell the state governments of California and Oregon, and Canada Pension
Plan to vote to fix Facebook’s fake news machine!

Facebook is under attack from all sides - regulators want to break it up
and lawmakers have had enough of their empty promises. And now Facebook’s
own shareholders are demanding the company gets a grip.

If an overwhelming majority of shareholders vote for this resolution, it
will send a strong message to Mark Zuckerberg that carrying on with
business as usual isn’t going to cut it.

Last year two thirds of ordinary investors, furious at the company’s
failure to tackle disinformation and hate speech, voted for changes at the
company.

Now if we can persuade even more investors to take a stand, we can force
Facebook to change course. Sign and share:

[ [link removed] ]Tell the state governments of California and Oregon, and Canada Pension
Plan to vote to fix Facebook’s fake news machine!



[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 



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


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Facebook and Amazon shareholder votes reflects concern over governance,
political advertising, surveillance and civil rights Open Mic, June 1st
2020
[ [link removed] ]'Fake news' fires up Facebook shareholders, Local Authority Pension
Fund Forum, July 23rd 2020

 

 

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