Thread by @EllenLWeintraub

.@Facebook’s weak plan suggests the company has no idea how seriously it is hurting democracy.

No one is a bigger believer in transparency than I. But here, proposing ‘transparency’ solutions is window-dressing when Facebook needs to be putting out the housefire it has lit.
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https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1215227016838029313

@Facebook These so-called 'transparency' solutions are neither transparent nor solutions. This is not a moment for @Facebook to be appeasing its political advertisers and the powers that be. This is a moment for Facebook to protect the democracies that have nurtured its existence.

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@Facebook I am not willing to bet the 2020 elections on the proposition that Facebook has solved its problems with a solution whose chief feature appears to be that it doesn’t seriously impact the company’s profit margins.

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@Facebook I am surprised that Facebook would put out such a weak proposal that it virtually invites Congress to re-examine Facebook's Section 230 exemptions.

I strongly urge Facebook to go back to the drawing boards and come back with something much more robust.

This will not do.

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@Facebook For starters, I recommend that @Facebook seriously consider the recommendations I made in a @washingtonpost op-ed in November:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

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