Thread by @fadiquran

As members of @SenateCommerce theatrically complain about how they are being "silenced", here are 4 deeply heartbreaking stories from #FacebookSurvivors that give a #warning about the type of pain millions of Americans could face if @facebook doesn't act. cc @guyro @andymstone:

"What happens on @Facebook does not stay on Facebook". Hate, racism, voter suppression. Just hear what happened when Joyce ran for mayor in a small town in #Alabama:
#FacebookSurvivor

"There was no scream or noise I could make that could let out the feeling inside my chest" -- Hannah's is a story of heartbreak and incredible courage. She's now suing @Facebook because its misinformation & hate crises are costing lives. #FacebookSurvivors #DetoxFacebook

"Misinformation is feeding this pandemic, and it's time for companies like Facebook to do more." @kdurquiza lost her dad to Covid-19 after he was sucked into a vortex of misinformation and conspiracy. She has a tough message for all @Facebook employees. #FacebookSurvivors

"It was the scariest moment of my life" -- Carmen had taken her family to join peaceful protests in Kenosha, USA. White supremacists cornered them before they could join… after organising on Facebook. #FacebookSurvivors #DetoxFacebook

As our team works with survivors to build a movement to inspire change @Facebook, we are terrified that what happened to Joyce, Hannah, Kristin, Carmen, Lenny and many others will be repeated tens of thousands of times across the country in the next few weeks...

We believe that many @facebook employees are good at heart -- and don't want the platform to cause pain. Many just don't know their execs are holding back on solutions that could protect all of us.

Our hope is that these stories, & a flood of stories like them, will...

...move them to action. It is a hope that humanity prevails.

Have you got a story to tell? Use #FacebookSurvivors, Let’s build a movement to #DetoxFacebook. Learn more at: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/fa…