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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
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November 11, 2021
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.
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November 08, 2021
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.
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October 21, 2021
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.
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October 13, 2021
We're joining an effort to show Facebook that the health of our democracy is more important than corporate profits.
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October 05, 2021
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.
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September 24, 2021
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.
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September 14, 2021
Social media algorithms and machine learning are contributing to the rise of online disinformation and pose a growing threat to our democracy.