Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $300 million to protect American elections. Although these changes don’t go NEARLY far enough, pressure is working! https://cnb.cx/353jUTO #ProtestFacebook (3/3)Let’s keep up the heat on #Facebook for changes that will make a REAL difference: 1)stop lies in political ads, 2)stop political ad microtargeting, 3)refuse service to anyone trying to disrupt the 2020 election. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson testified before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security on Aug. 28. "Get a daily look at what’s developing in science and technology throughout the world.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

As in an open letter to company leadership, “Misinformation shared by political advertisers has an outsized detrimental impact on our community.” If you or I lied in an advertisement on Facebook, it would immediately be taken down. Why Facebook is blocking political ads before the US presidential electionThe move was announced in a Facebook post by the company’s CEO, “We're going to block new political and issue ads during the final week of the campaign,” Zuckerberg wrote. It is one of the couple’s largest-ever single gifts, meant to bolster democracy … #ProtestFacebookOur election is at risk--in part because of Facebook. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.They include both technical changes to its apps as well as new policies that it says will help encourage voting, give people authoritative information and reduce the risk of "violence and unrest" in the wake of the results.The company will stop the repeated forwarding of messages on WhatsApp, ban new political ads in the week before the election, remove posts that suggest that people will get Covid-19 if they vote, and add an "informational label" to posts that try to delegitimise the election, Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post.Facebook received sustained scrutiny for its role in the last election, including criticism over false or misleading posts that were left available on the site.Mr Zuckerberg said that the new election "is not going to be business as usual" and suggested that he was afraid of "civil unrest in the wake of the results". Not Now. https://cnb.cx/353jUTO #ProtestFacebookThanks to the tireless work of activists around the world, #Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced changes to Facebook’s policies to protect the election. Facebook should require that users refrain from using the platform to disrupt the 2020 election. Your donation will help us to scale up our efforts to educate, advocate, organize, and litigate on behalf of the values we all hold dear. Mark Zuckerberg says he fears 'civil unrest' in the wake of voteWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? or. or. "Among the changes, Facebook will stop new political and issue ads from running during the final week of the election campaign, Mr Zuckerberg said. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. It was inspired by Trump's first week in office when he acted more like a fascist dictator than the president of a democratic nation. Although these changes don’t go NEARLY far enough, pressure is working! See more of Protect Democracy on Facebook. 474 likes. Log In. There’s no dearth of ideas for how to reform Facebook to protect our democracy and our civil society. Please join us to say enough is enough! It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. In other words, it should hold these political ads to the same standards it applies to advertisements that are not placed by politicians. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsPlease be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughtsFacebook launches major changes in attempt to 'protect democracy'

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