Thread by @justinhendrix

1/ For the Guardian, @juliacarriew has a deeply detailed, highly damning whistleblower account of Facebook's failure to protect democracies around the world, replete with details on fake engagement with politicians and campaigns on nearly every continent.
theguardian.com/technology/202…

2/ The piece builds on earlier reporting by @CraigSilverman, @RMac18 and @PranavDixit in Buzzfeed about evidence collected on Facebook’s failure to combat political manipulation campaigns by Sophie Zhang, who departed the company acrimoniously after 2.5 years.

3/ One interesting detail is communications related to Facebook's prioritization of political manipulation targeting the US and Western Europe- confirming a phenomenon many around the world have worried about.

4/ Another detail that confirms that Facebook only prioritizes cases that cause it PR problems.

5/ Just.... everywhere. (h/t @StollmeyerEU for pointing me to the article).