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The @Meta Annual General Meeting is on 31 May, 2023.

In the days leading up to the meeting, we’re sharing 7 reasons to vote yes on Proposal 7, a shareholder proposal dealing with allegations of bias in its India operations. #7ReasonsForProposal7 1/8

In 2021, @FrancesHaugen left her job at @Meta, taking tens of thousands of pages of internal documents with her, which she leaked to @SECGov. These documents were the basis of investigations by @WSJ & a consortium of media organisations. 2/8

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Reportedly, one of the revelations in the documents was that Meta was aware of how Facebook showed Indian users violent content and hate speech, and that it was aware that weaker moderation in non-English-speaking countries led to greater abuse. 3/8
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The documents also reportedly showed that with worldwide expansion, Facebook did not invest enough in content moderation. E.g.- from its budget to fight misinformation, 84% was said to be allocated to the US, and 16% to “Rest of World”, i.e. countries that are *not* the US. 4/8

According to @NextBillionNet, they warned Facebook that if content was not adequately moderated, it could fuel violence in India. 5/8

The Next Billion Network told @washingtonpost that despite assurances from Facebook, when riots broke out in Delhi in 2020, posts calling for violence remained on the platform after they had been flagged. 6/8

According to the @washingtonpost report, the disclosures also revealed that in some cases, hate speech is not flagged because of “political sensitivities” or aren’t detected because the company does not have algorithms to flag hate speech in Hindi & Bengali. 7/8

India is @Meta’s largest market, but it doesn’t prioritise investing in protections for its Indian users. We’re asking shareholders to vote yes on Proposal 7 and ensure that Meta protects the rights & safety of users in India. #VoteForABetterMeta 8/8

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