Democracy depends on common truths

Big Tech companies are eroding our consensus reality and pushing democracy to the brink. Accountable Tech is fighting back.

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How Trump Continues to Weaponize Social Media

New report from Accountable Tech finds that more than 350 posts from Donald Trump on Truth Social are in violation of Facebook’s safety guidelines.

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How Trump Continues to Weaponize Social Media

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PR Week: “Meta banned Trump because he clearly and repeatedly violated their safety standards, spread misinformation that put the lives of law enforcement and American democracy at risk, and refused to veer from his violent and dangerous course,” said Nicole Gill, cofounder and executive director. “Since being banned from Facebook, Trump has repeatedly used Truth Social to fuel violence, spread election lies and promote domestic terrorist organizations like QAnon. Reinstating his accounts undoubtedly hands him a megaphone to amplify the worst of his views which, as we have already seen, translates to real world harm."

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Fast Company: "Even if he weren’t to come back, Meta’s actions have baffled Accountable Tech cofounder and executive director Nicole Gill. 'There is absolutely no justification for allowing Donald Trump back on Facebook,' she says. 'Two years ago, Meta said it would only reinstate Trump if his presence on the platform no longer carried a threat of violence. Today’s decision reveals that promise for what it was: another empty publicity stunt by a company more concerned with making money than with democracy, safety, or even internal consistency.' Gill’s cofounder Jesse Lehrich adds: 'This decision is tantamount to handing a flamethrower to a serial arsonist and hoping for the best.'"

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CNN: "As Accountable Tech noted in its report, Trump has posted a number of things in recent years on Truth Social that would seemingly violate the company’s community standards. Accountable Tech found that Trump had attacked racial minorities (remember when he posted that racist attack last year on Elaine Chao?) and amplified the deranged QAnon conspiracy theory to his followers more than 100 times."

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Fox News: "A mobile billboard, deployed by Accountable Tech, is seen outside the Meta Headquarter on January 17, 2023, in Menlo Park, California."

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