Big news: Facebook deplatformed LifeSiteNews this week for gross distribution of COVID disinformation. This didn't happen because of their good will. @NARAL @mmfa @HRC @glaad worked to document these transgressions and share them with Facebook. And I have some thoughts.

1st, we'll take the win. The more platforms that ban LifeSite, the better because they are primary purveyors of some of the most toxic disinformation out there. BUT, it shouldn't be on on us to have to prove that to Facebook. They need internal systems to do this job.

Also...and this is important...it took COVID disinformation for Facebook to deplatform LifeSite, despite documented history of white supremacist content, anti-LGBTQ content, and a boatload of abortion disinformation, all of which has led to immeasurable damage in people's lives.

So, we're far from done here. Facebook has set a precedent on COVID disinformation and it should be applied universally across actors on their platform, and they should not rely on users and groups to do the heavy lifting of monitoring, tracking and documenting abuse.

Crucially, it's abhorrent the bar is so low. Hate speech remains rampant on the site, and the purveyors of it left unchecked. The rights and well being of BIPOC people, pregnant people, LGBTQ people, and others who are harmed daily need to be the highest priority moving forward.