Facebook civil rights audit warns of Trump, voter suppression ahead of presidential election

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A new report by civil rights auditors warns that Facebook’s failure to rein in toxic speech, racism and misinformation could have serious repercussions on the presidential election and may even suppress voter turnout.

and plant disinformation. Only this time, they fear, the efforts to suppress turnout will not come from abroad.

Zuckerberg has defended his hands-off approach to politicians and Trump, emphasizing Facebook’s commitment to free speech, even as competitors such as Twitter and Snapchat label or downplay Trump’s posts on their platforms. “We are in a very tricky moment and anything that incites violence has to be taken very seriously,” she said.

When powerful politicians don’t have to abide by the same rules as other Facebook users, “a hierarchy of speech is created that privileges certain voices over less powerful voices,” Murphy wrote.

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Somebody is afraid of the second term.

Time to Fact Check the Fake News Mainstream Media when it comes to the truth that DNC=KKK

“Facebook’s failure to rein in toxic speech...”? Civil rights auditors don’t understand the importance of our first civil right. The remedy for speech that you don’t like is more speech. Persuade with better ideas.

For impartial observers: accusations to Facebook, without also confront: the🇺🇸US corporate media, that is continuously feeding a dangerous political&racial polarisation is unjust. It's necessary to be aware of the negative impact of a corporate media, without any limitations.

“Civil rights auditor” seems like a made up position 😂

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE... do a research to see all those POLICE especially who shot and killed blacks and whites unlawfully... are they DEM or REP Something tells me, most are by DEM Officers if not all ASK THE DEM PARTY WHY THIS IS SO if that is the case. I notice no one is doing

Toxic speech? WTF is that? I assume it’s anything Trump says + anything a leftist doesn’t like.

🤣”“The prioritization of free expression overall ’other values’, such as equality & non-discrimination, is deeply troubling,” civil rights activist Laura Murphy 🤣& these are the people complaining employers w/religious or MORAL objections 2 opt out of the affordable care act 🙄

Think about what is happening here. You have an organized effort to suppress speech from 1 party. FB already takes down posts. They also Fact check many. But the leftist demand they remove ALL speech they don't agree with. This has not one damn thing to do with 'Hate Speech.'

Exactly what is toxic speech? And why should it be reined in? Because shutting people up online doesn't keep them from voting.

This basically says there are a group of people that want to stifle freedom of speech to stop one candidate and empower the other.

Data and mindful tricky inclinations it all is from Facebook

rodimusprime That's actually the whole point.

All lives matter

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