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Raw Story: "Jesse Lehrich, co-founder of Accountable Tech, said he was surprised and dismayed by Twitter's decision to halt enforcement of the policy."

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CNN: "Jesse Lehrich, co-founder of Accountable Tech, a nonprofit that pushes for reforms at social media companies, expressed surprise and dismay at Twitter's Friday comments. 'I actually praised Twitter when they rolled out a new civic integrity policy in 2021, which prohibits false claims about election results and includes a clear strike system for repeat offenders. To learn they decided explicitly to stop enforcing it two months later, and told nobody, is infuriating.'"

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VOA News: After Trump Social Media Ban, Questions About Future of Online Speech

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TechCrunch: Snapchat Locks President Donald Trump's Account

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New Poll Measures Public Sentiment on Section 230, Antitrust Actions, Election Misinformation

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Vox: "Other groups that have been critical of Facebook, including Accountable Tech, Media Matters, and the Anti-Defamation League, emphasized that the impact of the move will depend on how effective the company is at finding and removing QAnon content."

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Washington Post: How Facebook could help plunge our democracy into chaos on Nov. 4

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Broad Coalition Urges Facebook To #StopGroupRecs Until Election Results Are Certified

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Forbes: "79%. That’s the percentage of respondents who said social media companies should do more to protect democracy, according to a recent Accountable Tech/GQR Research poll."

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AXIOS: Majority Polled Back a Social-Media Blackout for Election

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