[1]“Mark Zuckerberg with an I heart DisInfo pin in front of the Facebook
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Facebook’s supposed watchdog just let execs off the hook for lying to
them. That’s not good enough for a body designed to protect us, the users
-- tell the Facebook Oversight Board to resign if Facebook doesn’t release
the research!


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John,

The Wall Street Journal and whistleblower Frances Haugen just exposed
secret Facebook research into the harm caused by the platform. Mark
Zuckerberg chose to straight-up ignore that research because it was bad
for business.

But instead of coming down hard, Facebook’s “oversight board” issued a
cop-out response, and made it clear that company execs aren’t even honest
with them. How can they oversee Facebook if they’re constantly lied to?

This board was set up to protect Facebook’s users -- you and me. It’s time
we speak up and demand they stop giving Facebook executives cover for
their unwillingness to clean up the site.

[ [link removed] ]Tell the Oversight Board: Resign if Facebook doesn’t release the
research!

Let’s tell the Oversight Board that we need them to speak for us. They
need to resign if Facebooks refuses to make a full public disclosure of
the internal research on Facebook harms and stop providing cover for
Facebook. With a huge public outcry we can get answers and act on them.

Facebook Oversight Board members are “outside experts and civic leaders”
from around the world. While the Board was supposed to get a grip on
Facebook's biggest problems, the Board only considers a tiny percentage of
submitted cases (20 out of 500,000) -- and those cases are only raised
after Facebook has ruled on them.

This means Facebook’s decisions to ignore dangerous content - anti-vax,
various harms to children, complicity in human trafficking are not even
considered.

The Oversight Board’s response to the current news does not even mention
any of the new revelations except the “Cross Check” exemptions for the
rich and powerful, not us and our kids.

The members of the Oversight Board, paid for by Facebook, claim
independence and a commitment to transparency but its response to all we
are learning sure doesn’t look like it.

It’s time for them to stand up for us, not Facebook:

[ [link removed] ]Send a message to the Facebook Oversight Board!



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


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Facebook Oversight Board Launches Review Wall Street Journal 2021-09-21
[ [link removed] ]Facebook Files, the Podcast. Wall Street Journal 2021-09-13
[ [link removed] ]The Facebook Files. Wall Street Journal 2021-09-13
[ [link removed] ]To treat users fairly, Facebook must commit to transparency Facebook
Oversight Board. 2021-09-18

 

 

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