Pressure from the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office:
August 9, 2020
Attorney General William Tong joined 19 attorneys generals across the United States on August 5 to ask Facebook to take additional steps to prevent his site from spreading hatred and misinformation. Attorneys General also suggested that Facebook provide more powerful help to users who experience online harassment and harassment on their platforms.
In a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg today, the attorneys general say that despite its stated commitment to paintings to keep the paintings of its users safe, Facebook has been unable to save the hateful content of its platforms and users. online harassment.
The letter follows the publication of a civil rights audit of Facebook’s practices, commissioned through the company and completed in July, which accused Facebook of not promoting civil rights and refusing its own opposing policies to harmful organizations and individuals, adding white supremacists and others. Extremists.
Recent surveys that more than 40% of Americans have experienced some form of online harassment and that, of those victims, more than 75% reported being bullied on Facebook.
“Trolls, hate teams and foreign actors use Facebook as a choice of selection to spread racist and despicable misinformation. Facebook can and will need to do more to protect its users from hate speech, harassment and intimidation,” Attorney General Tong said.
The reforms in the letter, many of which are highlighted in the recent Civil Rights Audit, come with calls to Facebook to:
Attorneys General also presented measures for Facebook’s aid services, including:
In addition to Connecticut, today’s letter includes attorneys general representing the following jurisdictions: California, District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Vermont, and Wisconsin. The letter was addressed by New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine and Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
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