Joyce Jones run for Mayor of Montevallo, #Alabama. "I ran on a platform of unity and inclusion. Living in the south, there's not a wide range of representation in government". Due to Covid's restriction, she used Facebook to get her message out.
#FacebookSurvivors @Avaaz
#FacebookSurvivors @Avaaz
During her campaign, rumours appeared on FB that she wanted to 'defund the police'. "It was a surprise to me because I had never said anything like that.
I tried for days to combat the information that was put out about me... the DISINFORMATION".
#FacebookSurvivors @Avaaz
I tried for days to combat the information that was put out about me... the DISINFORMATION".
#FacebookSurvivors @Avaaz
"It was impossible for me to combat it because the algorithm is built to give credit to the negative information. It tore apart our city, to the point that on Election day my grandmother, who was 88, and my mother [...] were actually turned away" at the poll station. @Avaaz
"What Mark Zuckerberg and other executives need to understand is that what happens on FB does not just stays on FB. It goes home with us. Our children are affected. [...] People are being affected because there's platform that allows people to spread lies, and it goes unchecked"
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