wow, Facebook estimated to take in more than anyone - $800mil in political ads. They'll do this while being toxic to democracy allowing misleading ads microtargeted at us - thereby refusing to follow their peers' leadership at Google or Twitter. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… 
This is Facebook following the request of board member and Trump advisor, Peter Thiel (according to WSJ) and ignoring open letter from Facebook's own employees, former election integrity lead (@YaelEisenstat), former CSO (@alexstamos) and FEC Commissioner (@EllenLWeintraub).
@YaelEisenstat @alexstamos @EllenLWeintraub sources (because...Peter Thiel):
Thiel's involvement (ht @dseetharaman @JeffHorwitz): wsj.com/articles/peter…
Thiel's involvement (ht @dseetharaman @JeffHorwitz): wsj.com/articles/peter…
Eisenstat's op-ed (ht @YaelEisenstat): washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/1…
Facebook employees' letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg:
nytimes.com/2019/10/28/tec…
nytimes.com/2019/10/28/tec…
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Making sure all sources are linked here since this took off. Here is @GaryCoby at Trump Campaign going nuts with misleading points to @sarafischer when a Facebook exec floated they may limit targeting.
😂 and reading this again, check @GaryCoby last tweet arguing eliminating targeting would “empower the rich.” Remember this thread started with a report on hundreds of millions being spent on hypertargeted Facebook ads - by 1.5 billionaires.
Following thread above, here is 4min from lawmaker who chaired committee who investigated disinfo, data practices and elections for 2yrs. In the process, he held hearings several times a week and became an expert. Worth your time.
wow, this new column absolutely nails everything in the thread above. Including research demonstrating it's a rare nonpartisan issue - only thing holding it back is... politics and Facebook greed. cc @EllenLWeintraub @DamianCollins @YaelEisenstat washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0…
