Thread by @PlainSite

The new incredible reporting by @juliacarriew at the @GuardianUS is not getting nearly enough attention. $FB doesn't just have billions of fake accounts—it has fake Pages posing as accounts, per former employee Sophie Zhang. These have been used to influence elections worldwide.

@juliacarriew @GuardianUS Journalists like @mariaressa have had their lives turned upside-down while $FB deliberately sat and watched as its platform destroyed democracy in countries like the Philippines. Only when the United States looked like it might be involved did they start to care.

Here's the full article.

https://twitter.com/juliacarriew/status/1381519866973233155

And here is Sophie Zhang speaking in her own words. It should be emphasized how very rare it is to see recent $FB employees ignore the confidentiality clauses in their contracts and brave the company's lawyers to speak out.

This is the legacy of Mark Zuckerberg and his stupendously naïve "vision" of "making the world more open and connected": an insurrection against the United States, election meddling worldwide while lying to investors, and doing everything possible for years to cover it all up.