https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">Over @TheDemocrats, we’ve been working to bring transparency and accountability to social media platforms. This includes documenting policy violations. As this article hints, @Facebook sends us some ridiculous answers to our questions and inquiries. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/07/dnc-facebook-criticism-trump/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/technolog...

1/ When FB told us "there were no authoritative sources that could disprove allegations of widespread ballot theft from mailboxes" we responded within minutes with 3 fact checked sources. Spoiler: they still failed to act on @realdonaldtrump tweets spreading this disinfo.

2/ Another time FB told us -- in writing -- that “News Feed is not designed to deliver news.” Keep in mind that according to Pew, 52% of Americans turn to Facebook for their news. https://www.journalism.org/2019/10/02/americans-are-wary-of-the-role-social-media-sites-play-in-delivering-the-news/">https://www.journalism.org/2019/10/0...

3/ When we confronted Facebook about a bot network spreading propaganda in blatant violation of the spirit of the coordination inauthentic behavior policy, they suggested we talk to our digital team about creating our *own* network. (We didn’t). https://popular.info/p/facebook-allows-prominent-right-wing">https://popular.info/p/faceboo...

Anecdotes aside: Facebook has made too little progress since 2016 on fighting disinformation, reigning in clickbait and sensationalist content, and fighting hate speech. This isn& #39;t about partisanship, it is about political discourse in a civil society.