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31 Oct, 6 tweets, 4 min read
swing state front pages, 3 days out ImageImageImageImage
even the non-COVID stories are COVID stories now.

COVID sports. COVID daylight savings. a COVID halloween. ImageImageImageImage
and my favorite A1 headline of the day, courtesy of @mcall: Image
almost every front page in the US today had an item about either local COVID surges or the country passing 9M cases.

it's insane for Trump to act like this is being drummed up by CNN to hurt his reelection.
I mean... ImageImageImageImage
check out today's @sltrib: Image

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24 Oct
this is a fantastic piece.

we have one novel proposal to add, which tackles the critical issue Amb. @SamanthaJPower highlights about misinfo going viral for hours before platforms act.

it's called Voter Protection Preclearance (short 🧵 on VPP coming!)
accountabletech.org/wp-content/upl…
@SamanthaJPower VPP would subject posts about voting from high-reach accounts, with election integrity violations, to rapid human pre-screening.

those posts would publish as normal within 10 mins. *unless* they’re violative –– then they’d publish behind strong, click-thru warning labels. [2/5]
@SamanthaJPower there’s strong precedent for preemptive action to prevent harms both in traditional media –– where live broadcasts air with a short delay –– and in our democracy, where the VRA required preclearance for new voting laws from localities with a history of discrimination. [3/5]
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10 Sep
NEW: @accountabletech just released a comprehensive Election Integrity Roadmap for social media platforms!

these are actionable proposals – rooted in platforms' existing policies, tools, & tech – to stem the worst vectors of election disinfo & incitement.
accountabletech.org/wp-content/upl…
honored to have the support of @protctdemocracy, @MapLight, & other leading voices in this fight, like ISD's @ChloeColliver2, @mozilla's Ashley Boyd, former FEC Chair @AnnMRavel, & more!
our team also put together amazing products for this push:

– sign the grassroots petition: accountabletech.org/campaign/elect…

– share content from this deck: accountabletech.org/wp-content/upl…

– read the roadmap highlights: accountabletech.org/wp-content/upl…
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27 May
🚨excited to share some NEWS:

after many weeks of planning & conversations with (very patient) policy experts from across the spectrum, @NicoleLGill & I are launching @accountabletech: a new advocacy org dedicated to fighting online misinformation.

accountabletech.org
(1/5)
we are facing a crisis of truth –– one that poses an existential threat to the health of our society & democracy.

@accountabletech’s advocacy will focus on major social media platforms’ role in our current information ecosystem & the responsibilities that come with it. (2/5)
COVID-19 has led platforms to deploy new tools to combat dangerous misinformation, however inconsistently.

but it’s also underscored the structural flaws that plague these platforms & crystallized the real-world harms – all while heightening our dependence on technology. (3/5)
Read 5 tweets
Jesse Lehrich Profile picture
9 May
folks should really read all the exhibits from Rick Bright's whistleblower complaint.

Peter Navarro –– quoted in this story pretending Prestige Ameritech was the problem –– wrote multiple memos in Jan/Feb about the urgent need to onshore & ramp up domestic N95 mask production.
I mean, look at this 2/14 memo.

"These masks are the frontline defense for our health care professionals & we can't waste time."
Mike Bowen had been emailing since *mid-January* making clear Prestige Ameritech was the only major fully-domestic producer of N95 masks.

he was desperately trying to help the gov't, and not for his own financial benefit, but out of a sense of duty to the country.
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19 Feb
that time Ric Grenell baselessly accused Gold Star father Khizr Khan of entering the political fray solely to profit off his fallen son...
mediaite.com/online/fox-con…
here's an op-ed Ric Grenell wrote in Oct. 2016 dismissing Russia's attack on our election & claiming Putin wouldn't prefer a certain candidate.

now he'll run our intel community.
foxnews.com/opinion/ric-gr…
here's Ric Grenell claiming Hillary faked a fall & concussion to avoid testifying about Benghazi.

(she was later hospitalized with a blood clot tied to the fall. she testified about Benghazi for 5.5 hours the next month & another 11 hours in 2015.)
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19 Dec 19
tomorrow's NYT front page
tomorrow's USA Today
tomorrow's Washington Post
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