Defend our democracies - regulate social media!
They show that Facebook knew. They knew that human traffickers used Facebook to lure women into sexual slavery. They knew that it was being used to incite violence against minorities. And they knew their systems remove less than 1% of violent content!
Facebook knew all this, but still chose their profits over our safety.
And with no effective laws to hold Facebook accountable, dangerous actors will continue to spew lies, misinformation and climate denialism to millions, everywhere.
This is code red for our democracies and planet -- we need to change that, NOW!
Whistleblower Frances Haugen just testified in Europe about Facebook's corrosive impact, bringing renewed scrutiny on the tech giant. Thanks to our ground-breaking investigations, and explosive media coverage, Avaaz has been in the room with lawmakers, fighting tooth and nail to win laws that protect us and our privacy.
But so is Big Tech's massive lobbying machine.
If we raise enough now, we can go all in to counter their $100-million-dollar lobbying firepower with effective regulation -- by funding top-notch investigators to uncover more hard evidence, bringing testimonies of those harmed by social media to lawmakers, and showing up at every key decision with headline-grabbing stunts and ads.
This is some of our most important work, but it's also some of our least funded -- and with so much at stake, we can't afford to slow down now! Chip in now, and let's together tame the social media beast for good.
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