[ [link removed] ]Tell Facebook: Stop allowing lies in political ads

The petition to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reads:
"Stop helping morally bankrupt politicians like Donald Trump use Facebook
ads to spread lies. Change your policy back. Ban lies in political ads."

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Dear Jack,

[ [link removed] ]Tell Facebook: Stop
allowing lies in political
ads

Facebook stays evil. They just gave the green light for political ads
packed with vicious lies to attack Democrats, and Facebook is letting it
happen.

Recently, the Trump campaign launched a new Facebook ad that included
false information about Joe Biden. The ad should have been rejected for
violating the rules Facebook put into place to fight back the spread of
misinformation after the 2016 election. But Facebook quietly changed those
rules, opening the door for misleading ads to spread like wildfire on the
platform, again.

Facebook's negligence is putting our democracy at risk. We must raise the
alarm now.^1 Our activism forced Facebook to change its rules before. We
must harness that same grassroots power to expose and force Facebook to
stop politicians from using its platform to spread dangerous lies once and
for all.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Facebook: Change your policy. Ban intentionally misleading
political ads once and for all.

Facebook's ads system allows for advertising campaigns to hyper target
users. But without proper vetting processes, morally bankrupt politicians
can use Facebook to target specific groups of voters with ads that spread
dangerous misinformation. In 2016, Facebook came under fire for its
failure to protect 126 million user's data from right-wing political firm
Cambridge Analytica and to keep Russian agents from using its ads to
manipulate voters.^3,4

With Trump brazenly obstructing Democrats' impeachment investigation and
threatening civil war, the acting DHS secretary publicly obscuring the
meaning of the First Amendment, and voter suppression on the rise the
sanctity of our democracy has been at no greater risk than it is
now.^5,6,7 The last thing we need is for Facebook to fan the flames of
authoritarianism. Giving Trump and his enablers a megaphone for his lies
could empower him to lead another four years of wide-spread attacks on our
families, communities and the Constitution. We can't let that happen.

Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook may think they are untouchable, but the fact
is, the company relies on a large user base to remain profitable, and as a
public corporation, shareholders have the power to force policy changes.
The platform is already under investigation by Congress and dozens of
state attorney general on several different issues ranging from election
meddling to violating user data privacy to antitrust controversies. This
latest secret rule change shows that Facebook hasn't learned its lesson.
It also shows that as users and consumers we must remain vigilant and keep
up the fight to protect our democracy from the greed and negligence of Big
Tech.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats are leading the way by calling
out Facebook for promoting and profiting from Trump's lies. Now, we must
turn up the pressure. With the 2020 election fast approaching, we must act
now to rein in Facebook.

Tell Facebook: Stop allowing lies in political ads. Click the link below
to sign the petition:

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Thanks for fighting back,

Jelani Drew, Campaign Manager
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets

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References:

 1. Popular Information, "[ [link removed] ]Facebook says Trump can lie in his Facebook
ads" Oct. 3, 2019.
 2. Will Fischer, "[ [link removed] ]Facebook confirms Donald Trump can lie in ads, but
he can't curse" Business Insider, Oct. 9, 2019.
 3. Tim Mak, "[ [link removed] ]Senate Report: Russians Used Social Media Mostly To
Target Race In 2016" NPR, Oct. 8, 2019.
 4. Olivia Solon and Sabrina Siddiqui, "[ [link removed] ]Russia-backed Facebook posts
'reached 126m Americans' during US election" The Guardian, Oct. 30,
2017.
 5. Laurie Kellman, "[ [link removed] ]Of treason and civil war: An agitated Trump amps
up threats" Associated Press, Sept. 30, 2019.
 6. Kevin Collier "[ [link removed] ]Russia likely to focus on voter suppression in
2020, feds warn states" CNN, Oct. 3, 2019.
 7. Julia Musto, "[ [link removed] ]DHS secretary on being shouted off stage by
protesters at Georgetown: I'm disappointed but not surprised'" Fox
News, Oct. 9, 2019.

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