Thread by @ZevShalev

<<THREAD FACEBOOK>>I was one of the first journalists to connect the dots on how the Trump Campaign used #Facebook and exploited stolen data to win in 2016, in a series of posts on Narativ.org. narativ.org/2017/04/08/dia… @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore

2. Since then we’ve been calling on Facebook to take action and for government to regulate the role social media plays in disrupting democracy. This week Mark Zuckerberg agreed. So, welcome aboard Mark. @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore
Zuckerberg. wapo.st/2U3Mbpi?tid=ss…

3. Mark, you really want to fix democracy you’ll need to move quickly. Take a look at the social ad spend this year. Next year’s election campaigns have already started and waiting for regulators won’t achieve anything in time. @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore

4. When you started, you moved fast and broke things. Now, we need you to move even faster and fix things. Here are a few things you can do today that will go a long way to restoring voters rights. pscp.tv/ZevShalev/1zqJ… @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore

5. The first thing you can do is to institute an equal access rule. For every campaign ad taken out by one party candidate or PAC, you should give the other party an equal space to post their advertising. @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore

6. We’re glad you’ve focused on eliminating hate speech but advertisers can still target white nationalist groups through symbols of the alt-right like Pepe the Frog. We did it and could place an ad today targeting 30 million Facebook users. @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmor

7. The third thing you can do is a ‘fake news tracker’ where fake news can go to be verified and the results shared. @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore

8. The fourth thing is to help verify donation sources. Many political candidates are funded by foreign players through donations solicited on Facebook. You can help ensure no-one who isn’t American see donation ads. @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore

9. Come clean on how much you received from Digital Sky Technologies or any other Kremlin-linked entities and what you did with the funds. Was Facebook code shared with Russian entities that could have exposed Americans? @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore
narativ.org/2017/09/14/fac…

10. Finally, ban the Internet Research Agency and its IP addresses, Cambridge Analytica (their ads are still reside on your site) and Emerdata the new offshore Chinese company which bought Cambridge Analytica. @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore

11. Mark, you’ve done great things before, help save democracy now. Don’t wait for regulators. Act today and save democracy, @NarativLive @TracieMac_Bmore pscp.tv/ZevShalev/1zqJ…