Hey there --


Ahead of Thanksgiving this week, we wanted to first say thank you. We’re so incredibly grateful for your support and we couldn’t take on Big Tech monopolies like Facebook without your help.

A lot has happened recently with Facebook. It’s likely to come up at the Thanksgiving table this year, so we created this handy guide to help walk your relatives through the latest common questions about Facebook:

Who was that recent whistleblower?

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Frances
Haugen,
a
former
Facebook
employee,
came
forward
this
fall
with
thousands
of
internal
documents
from
Facebook
detailing
the
company’s
profound
societal
harm
across
the
world.
*
Her
leak
of
internal
documents,
called
the
Facebook
Papers,
show
how
the
company
knowingly
harms
the
mental
health
of
kids,
facilitates
human
trafficking,
accelerates
political
polarization,
and
spurs
ethnic
violence
around
the
world.

Why did Facebook change its name?

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Given
all
the
press
around
the
recent
whistleblower
and
Facebook
Papers,
Facebook
changed
their
name
to
“Meta”
to
distract
and
deflect
from
the
latest
revelations
about
the
company’s
willful
proliferation
of
disinformation,
violence,
hate,
and
extremism
around
the
world.
*
In
the
future,
Facebook
plans
on
expanding
into
the
“Metaverse,”
where
users
can
create
avatars,
host
meetings,
and
connect
with
others
in
virtual
reality.

What is the metaverse?

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The
metaverse
is
a
virtual
reality
that
Facebook
is
creating
to
immerse
users
in
3-D
digital
worlds.
But
just
like
the
rest
of
Facebook,
it’s
all
about
profit.
By
creating
the
metaverse,
Facebook
will
be
able
to
continue
to
addict
users
and
extract
our
personal
data
with
manipulative
tools
under
the
guise
of
fancy
new
technology.
*
One
day,
Facebook
users
can
live
out
Mark
Zuckerberg’s
sci-fi
dreams
and
attend
meetings
in
the
metaverse.
Have
you
ever
wanted
to
hold
meetings
in
virtual
reality?
Neither
have
we.

Why is everyone mad at Mark Zuckerberg?

*
Instead
of
taking
accountability
for
hate
speech,
misinformation,
genocide,
harms
to
kids’
mental
health,
and
human
trafficking
that
happens
on
Facebook,
Mark
Zuckerberg
continues
to
praise
his
platform
for
their
content
moderation
and
transparency.
*
The
metaverse
is
as
ridiculous
as
it
sounds,
but
it’s
a
perfect
distraction
from
the
international
outcry
over
violence
stemming
from
their
platform.

Together, we can put a stop to Facebook’s toxic business model that proliferates off surveillance and hate, but only if we have the facts first. It cannot be overstated how grateful we are for your support. Hope this guide helps you come prepared to the Thanksgiving table.

Have a lovely and restful start to the holiday season,

Nicole

Nicole Gill
Co-founder & Executive Director
Accountable Tech


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