1. These ads from a GOP Super PAC falsely attacking Raphael Warnock are still up.

They've been up for two days.

We can rule out negligence.

Facebook is deliberately ignoring their rules to allow this false attack to be distributed on its platform.

How do I know?
2. Facebook is well aware of this issue.

I know because they've told me they are aware.

I also know from employees that it is being raised internally.

They've already decided that previous versions of THE EXACT SAME AD violate its rules.

So there is no reason for delay.
3. According to Facebook's own metrics, these ads, which should never have been approved, have already reached hundreds of thousands of Georgia voters.

This is could be a very close election.

These false attacks could be determinative.
4. Facebook must explain WHY it has decided not to enforce its rules in the critical days before the election and what role Joel Kaplan -- who maxed out to Loeffler last week -- has played in this decision.
5. I didn't event these policies. Facebook did. And I didn't determine that these ads violated Facebook policies. Facebook did.

Now, Facebook won't enforce its own policies.

And there is no explanation why.

They don't think they need to explain.
6. I'm going to keep demanding answers.

If you believe in corporate accountability too, check out my newsletter.

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7. UPDATE: Facebook has finally taken these ads down (again.)
8. I wish I could say I found this encouraging. But there doesn't seem to be anything preventing American Crossroads from just posting the same ad again. I've asked Facebook about this -- what they do to prevent someone from reposting an ad -- and haven't gotten a response.

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31 Dec 20
1. On November 9, @KLoeffler accepted a $2800 contribution from Peter Zieve.

The same day, @sendavidperdue accepted $2700 from Zieve.

Who is Peter Zieve?

A notorious racist.
@KLoeffler @sendavidperdue 2. In 2017, Zieve was sued by Washington State for discriminating against minority applicants and imposing his racist views on his employees.

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3. The case describes Zieve's outrageous conduct. Zieve allegedly screened applicants by race, hired a nearly all-white staff, and offered employees a $1000 bonus for getting married and another $1000 bonus for having children.
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30 Dec 20
1. I wish I didn't have to do this but this is going to be a new thread about how Facebook is STILL permitting Republican Super PACs to REPEATEDLY VIOLATE FACEBOOK'S RULES and run ads with false attacks on Raphael Warnock.

Follow along if interested.
2. The story began on December 17, after Facebook begins allowing political ads in Georgia.

American Crossroads, a Super PAC run by Karl Rove and financed by Mitch McConnell, starts running a brutally dishonest ad against Raphael Warnock
3. The American Crossroads ad tells Georgia voters on Facebook that Warnock said "God Damn America."

As if he was expressing his own views.

But he wasn't. He was quoting Jerimiah Wright in a speech he delivered on 7/11/13.

We tracked down the full quote
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30 Dec 20
1. A new @NewYorker article about Substack suggests that the subscription newsletter model "might not be in the collective interest" because it's not possible to "hold powerful people and institutions to account" via a newsletter.

I disagree.

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@NewYorker 2. Today, I published a year in review of the reporting in my newsletter, Popular Information, which is dedicated to accountability journalism.

I think @tesszeeks and I were able to get some stuff done.

I'll go over a few highlights.

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3. In March, as the COVID took hold, we published an expose on how Darden, parent of Olive Garden, was endangering staff & customers by not providing paid sick leave

Within 24 hrs, the company announced it would provide paid sick leave for all employees

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27 Dec 20
1. In this thread, @ggreenwald accused me of deception and stated that it is "obvious" that Facebook is intervening to benefit Democrats.

Glenn supports free speech, as do I. So I'm going to respond in good faith and trust that it will not devolve into name-calling
@ggreenwald 2. I don't need to speculate into whether Facebook is tilting the playing field toward the GOP. I've done reporting on it.

Public policy is set through Facebook's DC office, where Kaplan and two other Republican operative call the shots.

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3. I made calls and spoke to several people who worked there.

"Decisions are made to benefit Republicans because they are paranoid about their reputation among conservative Republicans, particularly Trump," one former Facebook DC employee told me

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26 Dec 20
1. Joel Kaplan, Facebook's global head of public policy, donated $2800 to Loeffler and $2800 to Perdue on December 24
2. Here, I document how Facebook has failed to enforce Facebook's policies on ads that include false attacks on Warnock, Loeffler's opponent

Has Kaplan been involved in any of these decisions?

3. Resolve to hold corporations accountable in 2021.

Get the information you need by signing up for my newsletter.

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26 Dec 20
1. Which corporations are making last minute PAC contributions to @kloeffler?

There is a new filing that revealed, for the first time, Loeffler's corporate donors from 11/23 to 12/16.

Follow along if interested.
@KLoeffler 2. Recent corporate PAC donations to Kelly Loeffler:

@Outback (2.5K, 12/16)

@McGuireWoodsLLP (5K, 12/16)

@StateFarm (5K, 12/16)

@Wendys (5K, 12/16)

@3M (2.5K, 12/10)

@budweiserusa (2.5K, 12/09)

@Allstate (1K, 12/08)

@DLA_Piper (2.5K, 12/08)

@HomeDepot (5K, 12/08)
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@LibertyMutual (5K, 12/08)

@Boeing (5K, 12/08)

@7eleven (2K, 12/07)

@Chevron (5K, 12/03)

@BACARDI (1K, 11/30)

@BurgerKing (5K, 11/30)

@pfizer (5K, 11/30)

@HRBlock (1K, 11/24)

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