Thread by @DrDenaGrayson

🔥FACEBOOK🔥

Internal documents show that #Facebook tracked real-world harms exacerbated by its platforms, ignored warnings from employees about risks of their decisions & exposed vulnerable communities around the world to a cocktail of dangerous content.
washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

‼️Mark #Zuckerberg testified *under oath* to Congress in 2020 that #Facebook removes 94% of the hate speech it finds before a human reports it.

Zuck LIED.

In internal documents, researchers estimated that Facebook was removing <5% of all hate speech.🤬

#DeleteFacebook

▶️A personal decision by Zuckerberg led to a crackdown on dissent in #Vietnam
▶️Measures to suppress hateful content are lifted after the 2020 US presidential election, allowing pro-Trump groups falsely disputing the legitimacy of the election to experience “meteoric” growth.

🚨After the 2020 election, #Facebook STOPPED many dozens of measures to safeguard US users. A ban on the Stop the Steal group didn’t apply to dozens of look-alike groups in what was a “coordinated” campaign.

Not long after, pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the Capitol.🤬

😱#Facebook’s problems with hate speech & misinformation are EVEN WORSE in the developing world. Documents show that #Facebook is well aware that weaker moderation in non-English-speaking countries leaves the platform vulnerable to abuse by bad actors and authoritarian regimes.🤬

According to one 2020 summary, the vast majority of #Facebook’s “efforts” against misinformation — 84 % — went toward the US,, with just 16% going to the “Rest of World,” including #India, #France and #Italy.