Hey there --
Facebook’s had one heck of a year. Watch our new video that captures some of the company’s biggest failures from 2021 including: [[link removed]]
 * 
   Facebook
   kicked
   off
   2021
   by
   allowing
   extremists
   to
   use
   their
   platform
   to
   coordinate
   the
   deadly
   Capitol
   insurrection.
   After
   initially
   denying
   any
   involvement,
   Facebook
   ultimately
   admitted
   that
   their
   platform
   was
   used
   to
   incite
   the
   insurrection.
 * 
 * 
   Facebook
   suspended
   Donald
   Trump
   after
   the
   insurrection,
   but
   a
   few
   months
   later
   allowed
   Trump’s
   PAC
   to
   resume
   running
   political
   advertisements.
   Since
   June,
   Facebook
   has
   raked
   in
   between
   $841,000
   and
   $1.5
   million
   from
   Trump’s
   ads
   alone.
 * 
 * 
   Facebook
   said
   they
   would
   let
   independent
   researchers
   study
   misinformation
   on
   the
   platform.
   But
   then
   they
   blocked
   independent
   researchers
   from
   the
   platform
   altogether.
 * 
 * 
   Facebook
   hid
   internal
   research
   on
   Instagram’s
   harms
   to
   kids
   and
   teens
   from
   users,
   parents,
   and
   elected
   officials.
   These
   documents
   were
   eventually
   brought
   to
   light
   by
   the
   Facebook
   whistleblower
   Frances
   Haugen.
At the end of each year, Facebook rolls out a “Year in Review'' feature for users that shows the highlights from their past year. So, we made a version for Facebook. Share our brand new video chronicling all the harms and lies from Facebook over this past year: [[link removed]]
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As we close out 2021, we want to say thanks again for all your support. Appreciate you being a part of our movement to hold Big Tech accountable.
Thanks,
Nicole
Co-founder & Executive Director
Accountable Tech
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