News: Digital Deception
A Decode Democracy review of official Facebook pages finds multiple egregious examples of state lawmakers across the nation who are using the platform to spread or endorse misleading information about the pandemic or to promote distrust in COVID vaccines and masks, despite scientific validation that both are safe and reduce transmission.
Decode Democracy is launching a new Voter Empowerment Plan, a set of policy proposals to protect voters against the harms caused by online disinformation and safeguard our elections.
Senate Republicans blocked a vote this week on the Freedom to Vote Act, landmark legislation that would improve our democracy by protecting people’s right to vote, end partisan gerrymandering, limit the influence of money in politics, and increase transparency for political ads online.
We're joining an effort to show Facebook that the health of our democracy is more important than corporate profits.
Last month, a Facebook whistleblower working with the Wall Street Journal revealed startling internal Facebook documents outlining the extent to which the company prioritizes its own profits to the detriment of its users' mental health and the overall health of our democracy.
For years, it’s been clear that Facebook is no friend to transparency. The company has gone to extreme lengths to limit researchers’ access to data and even hide its own internal research when it doesn’t like the results.
Social media algorithms and machine learning are contributing to the rise of online disinformation and pose a growing threat to our democracy.
Today Decode Democracy joined a coalition of civic organizations urging major social media and technology companies to take steps to limit the spread of online disinformation ahead of the California recall election on September 14.
Facebook, with its nearly three billion worldwide users and virtually endless data about the content they engage with and share, has rarely been a friend to transparency or the academic research community.
This week marks the first meeting of the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th attack on the US Capitol.