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Hey there --

Two weeks out from the U.S. midterm elections, we’re sounding the alarm on Facebook.

Rather than doubling down on integrity efforts, Facebook is rolling back election safeguards, actively fueling the spread of misinformation and endangering our democracy. Watch our new national television ad that’s running today across the country calling out Facebook for failing to protect our democracy:

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Friend, we refuse to stand idly by while Facebook continues to rollback numerous election safeguards including:



*
Disbanding
their
team
overseeing
the
platform’s
role
in
elections.
[1]


*
Cutting
core
elections-focused
staff
by
80%
since
2020.
[2]


*
Ending
work
on
addressing
the
societal
harms
of
their
own
products.
[3]


*
Scaling
back
their
own
transparency
tools
for
tracking
election
misinformation.
[4]


*
Cease
promoting
news
from
legitimate
authoritative
sources.
[5]


*
Blocking
independent
researchers
investigating
misinformation
on
the
platform.
[6]



Unless we hold them accountable, Facebook will just continue to put its own profits over people. We can’t let them get away with it – our democracy depends on it.

Thanks for being with us,

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Nicole Gill
Co-founder and Executive Director
Accountable Tech




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