Madame Secretary, it appears @POTUS isn't taking the gathering threat an anti-democratic, far-right movement poses seriously, if any @WhiteHouse staff see voting rights as just another issue: theatlantic.com/politics/archi… Election subversion is an existential risk to liberal democracy
In the 19th century, Republicans enacted a civil rights act, 14th, & 15th Amendments without Democrats.
In 2021, an anti-democratic party seeks to deny voting rights & subvert elections.
A union divided cannot stand.
A democracy unprotected will not endure
A @POTUS must deal with the world as it is, not as he wishes it would be:
“Self-coup attempts typically are followed by a sharp turn toward authoritarianism that persists for years.” washingtonpost.com/business/2021/…
American fascism is real, & the threat it poses to democracy is growing
Fiona Hill thinks @POTUS understands the existential threat to liberal democracy in the USA (& abroad), but she's worried @JoeBiden isn't doing enough to save it washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
She's right: his team isn't doing enough. @WhiteHouse"officials" see it as "another issue."
Voting rights & anti-corruption reform should have come first, in the first 100 days.
Protecting American democracy after a failed self coup & putsch is not just another issue.
Limiting the reach of toxic BS about a stolen election or conspiracy theories designed to undermine democracy or public health is a core function of a civic integrity @policy, as is inoculating people with facts e-pluribusunum.org/2021/01/26/why…
Ban accounts if they incite offline violence
“We need to focus more on how the platforms can enable an extremist minority to foment harm & not on how the average person might be brainwashed by a piece of content"- @BrendanNyhan…saging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/template/oakv2… Ergo, limit reach of QAnon, Trump's lies, Russian anti-vaxx BS, etc.
Just pointing out the fact that a whistleblower does not have to have firsthand experience with the criminal conduct, fraud, waste, or abuses of power that they file a complaint on:
@POTUS45 In a statement, @Facebook doubled down on trying to undermine the credibility of @FrancesHaugen, instead of refuting the core facts of the whistleblower complaints she filed with the SEC, which cite the company's own internal research:
🚭@finkd posted a note he sent to all @facebook staff: facebook.com/4/posts/101139…
Zuckerberg says “coverage” (@WSJ!) misrepresents & mischaracterizes internal research, & that it’s “just not true” that Facebook prioritizes profits over safety & well being.
@Instagram, too.
That's going to release an immense cognitive surplus, boost to productivity, & based on what we've learned, may be a net positive for the world.
Frustrated that @washingtonpost put “misinformation” in quotes.
It reports clips with “misleading info” about “unproven COVID-19 treatments were on RT channels.
At a meta level, it’s fascinating to see @RFERL report on RT & the escalating conflict between Russia, and US tech companies: rferl.org/a/youtube-dele…
RFERL noted the US & EU have “accused Russia of spreading false info about COVID-19 & vaccines” — without confirming that truth.