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      House Dems Voice 'Grave and Urgent Concerns' Over Chilean Plebiscite Misinformation

      "Technology corporations like yours have an obligation to ensure that their platforms do not serve to disseminate hate, lies, and disinformation," U.S. lawmakers told social media giants.

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 02, 2022

      U.S. House Democrats on Friday shared their "grave and urgent concerns" to leading social media companies over right-wing misinformation about this weekend's Chilean constitutional plebiscite being shared on their platforms.

      "Continued inaction could abet interference in this historic referendum."

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      Rights Groups Tell Zuckerberg to Stop 'Dangerous Censorship' of Abortion Content

      "Meta's censorship of information on abortion and reproductive health is jeopardizing the safety and human rights of millions across the U.S."

      Jake Johnson
      Aug 17, 2022

      A coalition of civil society organizations on Wednesday demanded that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg put a halt to censorship of abortion rights content on his company's platforms following reports that Facebook and Instagram have been removing posts aimed at helping pregnant people access reproductive care in U.S. states where it is heavily restricted.

      "Meta has demonstrated that it has no policy in place to defend peoples' right to abortion on its platforms."

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      A demonstrator poses with an installation depicting Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg surfing on a wave of cash and surrounded by distressed teenagers, during a protest opposite the Houses of Parliament in central London on October 25, 2021, as Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is set to testify to British lawmakers. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

      Faith Leaders Denounce Zuckerberg's Instagram-for-Children Scheme

      "Social media platforms that target immature brains, practice unethical data mining, and are inspired by profit motives," says the coalition, "are not a tool for the greater good of children."

      Andrea Germanos
      Feb 08, 2022

      Saying that "children's wellbeing must come first" above profit, dozens of faith leaders on Tuesday told Facebook chief Mark Zuckeberg to permanently end any plans for a version of the photo- and video-sharing app Instagram for kids under 13.

      "Childhood should be all movement, play, messiness, and wriggle--life-affirming against the sleek, flat, rapacious world of screens."

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