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A round up of all the latest news updates and press releases from Accountable Tech.

POLITICO: "Watchdog group Accountable Tech criticized Facebook for prioritizing its bottom line. 'Today, Meta chose to put its own profits above American democracy and the real-world safety of its users,' said Nicole Gill, the group’s executive director, in a statement."

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Mashable: "'Today, Meta chose to put its own profits above American democracy and the real-world safety of its users,' said Nicole Gill, co-founder and executive director of the advocacy nonprofit Accountable Tech in a statement provided to Mashable."

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Daily Beast: “I want to be very clear: there is absolutely no justification for allowing Donald Trump back on Facebook,” said Nicole Gill, co-founder of the tech-focused advocacy group Accountable Tech. “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.”

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NPR: "The advocacy groups Accountable Tech and Media Matters for America estimated last month that more than 350 of Trump's Truth Social posts would directly violate Facebook's rules against QAnon content, false election claims and harassment of marginalized groups."

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Accountable Tech Statement on Meta’s Decision to Reinstate Donald Trump

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Accountable Tech Applauds DOJ’s Antitrust Suit Against Google

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New York Post: "A mobile billboard, deployed by Accountable Tech, is seen outside Meta headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Jan. 17 as the company considers lifting Trump’s suspension."

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Forbes: "The tech watchdog nonprofit Accountable Tech is advocating for Meta to continue its ban on Trump’s accounts and has launched a billboard campaign outside of Facebook offices in Washington, Menlo Park, Calif., and New York City. 'If Facebook looks at what Trump has been putting out publicly in the past few years, it is clear he is not a reduced threat to safety, If anything, he has gotten more emboldened,' Executive Director Nicole Gill told The Financial Times."

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ABC News: "A mobile billboard, deployed by Accountable Tech, is seen outside Meta Headquarters on Jan. 17, 2023, in Menlo Park, Calif. Accountable Tech, an advocacy nonprofit, has deployed the mobile billboards as Meta considers reinstating Donald Trump's Facebook page after a two-year suspension since the Capital insurrection. The billboards highlight Trump's recent posts on Truth Social as a reason against reinstatement."

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Accountable Tech Demands Meta “Keep Trump Off Facebook” with Mobile Billboards Outside Meta Offices in San Francisco, DC, and New York

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