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• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  There is a pro-Trump “Stop The Steal” group on Facebook alleging all kinds of baseless election fraud. A rabbithole of misinformation. The group is gaining about 1,000 new members EVERY 10 SECONDS at the moment.

• @daveyalba Davey Alba on x

  Big yikes. Lots of calls to action in this Substack, which is being shared heavily by the Stop the Steal FB group. “Participate in citizen journalism by monitoring and documenting ballot counting” This has led to the harassment of poll workers in MI & AZ https://mission.substack.…

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  There are now over a dozen STOP THE STEAL groups on @facebook, some with tens of thousands of followers. Not hard to find. What will it take for Facebook to take this seriously? https://twitter.com/...

• @willoremus Will Oremus on x

  Facebook has just shut down a massive, fast-growing pro-Trump group called Stop the Steal, which was aimed at delegitimizing the election and had been organizing real-world demonstrations against vote-counting efforts. https://onezero.medium.com/... by @SarahNEmerson

• @fbnewsroom @fbnewsroom on x

  Once Reuters and a majority of independent decision desks at major media outlets, including ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN and AP project a winner, we'll update the notifications running across the top of Facebook and Instagram with the projected winner of the election. https://twitter.…

• @fboversight @fboversight on x

  The Stop the Steal group was active on Facebook for more than 22 hours during which time executives were “discussing” if the group needed to come down. Why was there even a discussion, and why did it take so long for them to act? @sheeraf @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @craigsilverman Craig Silverman on x

  Since election night, Eric Trump's Twitter feed, with 4.4m followers, has become a major source of election disinformation. He prematurely claimed victory in Pennsylvania, spread rumors and lies about voting, and has mostly gotten away with it. My story: https://www.buzzfeednews.…

• @chrisrbarron @chrisrbarron on x

  🚨🚨BREAKING🚨 🚨 Facebook has shut down the Stop the Steal Facebook group that had 365,000 members. Is this how social media treated Black Lives Matter protestors? @AmyKremer @KylieJaneKremer @WomenforTrump

• @ttp_updates @ttp_updates on x

  Facebook officially removed the first “Stop the Steal” group - only after it had amassed over 300,000 members and had multiple calls for violence. Like clockwork, a new group has already been created👇 Once again, Facebook doing the bare minimum ineffective in combatting this. htt…

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  NEW from me + @BrandyZadrozny : Pro-Trump operatives, some who were behind #WeBuildTheWall, coordinated those viral #StopTheSteal Facebook events. Facebook shut them down. https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  Facebook employees are very worried about the platform's role in organizing violent groups this week, a source in the company told us. “People are frustrated and tired, and are looking for leadership to be decisive. So far, we're disappointed.” https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @realjameswoods James Woods on x

  But feel free to Burn, Loot, and Murder and co-ordinate using Facebook... https://twitter.com/...

• @snopes @snopes on x

  We reached out to @Facebook requesting a statement about violent rhetoric posted in the last 24 hours in Alamo City Trump Train, the same group that harassed the Biden-Harris bus in Texas. 4 hours later, we have not received a statement about the group. https://www.snopes.com/...

• @jackposobiec Jack Posobiec on x

  In just it's first couple hours, more than 100,000 people joined the Women for America First, Stop the Steal Facebook Group. https://mission.substack.com/ ...

• @sallyshin Sally Shin on x

  Facebook's efforts included barring the group from showing up in election related searches and even direct searches for “stop the steal” Citing repeated “worrying calls for violence,” Facebook finally pulled down the group by 2 pm ET New from @oneunderscore__ & @BrandyZadrozny ht…

• @ttp_updates @ttp_updates on x

  Not even 45 minutes since we posted this newly created group, which started with 86 members, it is now over 1,000. This group is on track to grow quickly like the previous one. And already starting with called to take to the streets armed. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.…

• @cwarzel Charlie Warzel on x

  these groups grow like crazy though. this one started after fb took down the bigger one this AM...already has over 7k members and has a private offshoot. couple others with 6k+ as well. all within the last few hours

• @ccdhate @ccdhate on x

  UPDATE: Facebook has removed the “Stop the Steal” group spreading dangerous misinformation about vote counts. This should never have been allowed to happen. Facebook must now suspend the operators of this page to prevent them from simply starting again. https://twitter.com/...

• @pdazzleliscious @pdazzleliscious on x

  Facebook has allowed the radicalization of millions of Americans. The FBI should begin working with the Biden admin to shutdown & dismantle these hate groups & hold FB accountable for any/all hate crimes organized via their platform. Enough is enough. We Must #EradicateTheHate

• @ashleyrgold Ashley Gold on x

  NEW from me. It's not just public groups like the now-defunct Stop the Steal — Private Facebook groups, once used for spread Covid-19 or wildfire-related misinformation, are turning into election disinformation vectors https://www.axios.com/...

• @tayhatmaker Taylor Hatmaker on x

  NEW: Facebook started blocking hashtags like #sharpiegate and #stopthesteal, two baseless pro-Trump conspiracies that claim Democrats are working to steal the election https://techcrunch.com/...

• @libertarianblue Allum Bokhari on x

  You can't steal an election without Big Tech. Facebook, Google, Twitter — they've had four years to prepare for this moment. https://twitter.com/...

• @suzanneinlgb @suzanneinlgb on x

  @axios Facebook always claims that they are working on stopping the spread only after the groups run wild for days.

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  The “Stop the Steal” Facebook group was littered with calls to take up arms and a civil war. 350,000 people joined Stop The Steal, and promoted real-life events, before Facebook shut it down. Its growth was not nearly as organic as it seemed. https://www.nbcnews.com/...

• @mattwalshblog Matt Walsh on x

  I am not aware of one single example of Facebook or Twitter ever censoring, flagging, or suspending any leftist who claimed Trump's presidency was illegitimate, or that Kavanaugh and ACB are illegitimate justices

• @corybantic @corybantic on x

  Facebook groups are turning into election disinformation vectors Get this crap under control @sherylsandberg. Willfully profiting from the spread of destructive disinformation is turning FB into Fascistbook. https://www.axios.com/...

• @misstessowen Tess Owen on x

  Facebook took action against the #StopTheSteal page, after it had amassed 360,000 followers in less than 24 hours, story from @daithaigilbert https://www.vice.com/...

• @fbnewsroom @fbnewsroom on x

  While several states continue to count votes, we wanted to share a reminder of the steps we'll take to provide reliable information across our products once there is a projected presidential winner.

• @peterwsinger Peter W. Singer on x

  Facebook Shuts Down Massive ‘Stop the Steal’ Group https://onezero.medium.com/... This was example of rapid manipulation we are seeing, with ex-post response. The group pushing false info, created by a GOP digital firm, reached 300K members in 2 days https://www.defenseone.com/..…

• @rechelon William Gillis on x

  This is — let's be clear — deeply fucked. Both dems and GOP are fielding some absurdly astroturfed or manipulated “protests” right now, but who fucking cares, let them. Facebook unilaterally shutting down protest organizing is predictable and not new, but it's still bad. https://…

• @rob_sheridan Rob Sheridan on x

  I am shocked that these grassroots campaigns of concerned citizens are actually coordinated astroturfing campaigns by GOP operatives to intentionally sow chaos and subvert democracy https://twitter.com/...

• @mariannaspring Marianna Spring on x

  🚨 NEW - Facebook has taken down this Stop the steal group with over 300,000 members. It contained dozens of threats of violence over unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and rigged elections. https://twitter.com/...

• @goldman Jason Goldman on x

  1) it's a good decision and 2) it's interesting to see FB try to draw a line around efforts directed at the “delegitimization of the election process” without an examination of, you know, any of the antecedent content that led to this moment. https://twitter.com/...

• @ozm OneZero on x

  For two days, the group promoted baseless claims about election fraud. On Thursday afternoon, FB banned the group on the basis of attempting to delegitimize the election process, and its role in potentially instigating physical violence. https://read.medium.com/ScDLubY

• @daithaigilbert David Gilbert on x

  This pro-Trump Facebook group continues to gain tens of thousands of new followers, - now up to 360K - and continues to spread disinformation about election fraud, advocate for gun violence and call for a civil war Facebook has still done nothing. https://www.vice.com/...

• @sarahnemerson Sarah Emerson on x

  BREAKING: Facebook has banned the massive “Stop the Steal” group for attempting to delegitimize election results and potentially inciting physical violence. The group was also fundraising for protests across the country to challenge election results https://onezero.medium.com/...

• @benedictevans Benedict Evans on x

  This was coming. What does it mean? We would all (I think) agree that at one extreme a phone company should not scan your SMS for misinformation, and at the other that Youtube should not put it on the front page. But what should Gmail do? Campaign Monitor? Wordpress? Substack? ht…

• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  So the video Bannon streamed live saying Dr. Anthony Fauci and Christopher Wray should be beheaded has been on Facebook for 10 hours and has 200,000 views. 10 hours. Remember that next time Zuckerberg talks about all the moderators and A.I. they have.

• @daiwaka Daisuke Wakabayashi on x

  This video is going to be a big test for YouTube. It's from President Trump's false statement today when he said: “If you count all the legal votes, I easily win.” It was posted to Trump's YouTube page with 2 million subscribers. 1/x https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  I just checked, and yup, this was also streamed on Facebook Live, where it was viewed 454,000 times. A few days ago Facebook was actively recommending people watch Steve Bannon's stream. The platform also has rules on the incitement of violence. https://twitter.com/...

• @ekp Ellen K. Pao on x

  Suddenly reporters, editors, social media platforms have figured out how to cover lies and misinformation just in time for the end of his term.

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  Genuinely disorienting to see tech platforms taking quick, aggressive action on this stuff after years of mealy-mouthed appeasement and hand-waving about free speech and slippery slopes. https://twitter.com/...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Facebook has taken down this video. Its statement: “We removed these videos for violating our policy against violence and incitement.”

• @nmatini Nara Matinyan on x

  Hey, @Twitter, how about suspending @presidentaz account who spews hatred at Armenians every day, who hires jihadi mercenaries to kill Armenians & pays extra $100 bonus for each beheading. Literally! #StopAzerbaijainiAggression #NagornoKarabakh #Armenophobia https://twitter.com/.…

• @nickmartin Nick Martin on x

  Steve Bannon's Facebook page is still up. His video about beheading Fauci and Wray was streamed there this morning too. It has received 191,000 views and climbing. I have reached out to Facebook for comment. (As a bonus, peep the phrase “Ready to Love” on the screen behind him.) …

• @nickmartin Nick Martin on x

  “We removed these videos for violating our policy against violence and incitement,” a Facebook spokesperson told me of the Steve Bannon videos. It's unclear to me which other video was removed besides the beheading one. The Facebook spokesperson didn't describe it to me.

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  I don't think one of the largest and most profitable companies in world should also, not only host, but promote video calling for the beheading of the FBI Director. Bannon should have already been on a watch list. This never happens on AMZN, Netflix, MSFT, APPL...just Facebook. h…

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  What she said 👇 https://twitter.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  Okay, so @facebook is apparently okay with threatening to kill the FBI chief on their platform as well. In fact, they will even recommend the channel to you! Never change, Zuckerberg. https://twitter.com/...

• @karaswisher Kara Swisher on x

  Unlike Donald Trump, Steve Bannon is not protected when he is a toxic whack job and breaks rules. FYI that immunity ends for Trump if he loses on Jan. 21 https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @georgetakei George Takei on x

  Hey @Facebook do you know about this? Twitter has banned him, YouTube has taken the video down. https://twitter.com/...

• @edbott Ed Bott on x

  Can't wait to check in and see how pro-beheading Parler is. https://twitter.com/...

• @nickmartin Nick Martin on x

  The “Organizations That Manage This Page” section is, um, unusual. Ashley Kolfage is the wife of Brian Kolfage, the founder of the We Build The Wall. Both Brian Kolfage and Bannon were charged earlier this year with defrauding the organization. https://twitter.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  Steve Bannon just called for the killing of the HEAD OF THE FBI and @SusanWojcicki and @YouTube are letting him keep his account.

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Operative words “A few days ago Facebook was ***actively recommending*** people watch Steve Bannon's stream.” https://twitter.com/...

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  NEW: Per two sources, Facebook to turn on additional measures to tamp down election disinformation on the platform They include adding “friction” to sharing and downranking items in the news feed could come as soon as today https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @fboversight @fboversight on x

  STATEMENT: The Real Facebook Oversight Board today demands emergency action from @Facebook. It continues to actively amplify dangerous misinformation about voter fraud from Donald Trump & others. Please listen to @shoshanazuboff explains why this cannot continue https://twitter.c…

• @alexstamos Alex Stamos on x

  MSNBC breaking away from the press conference and fact-checking is equivalent to Twitter's interstitial warning and share limit. Fox News/CNN carrying the press conference but now casting doubt on Trump's statements is like Facebook's label.

• @justinhendrix @justinhendrix on x

  Every time you see an article like this, remember Facebook has understood and had the tools and mechanisms to stop the spread if disinformation and has not chosen to turn them on until now, when its dashboard says people might start killing others because of their extreme views. …

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  If these changes actually do tamp down misinformation and reduce the likelihood of violence, how do you morally justify turning them back on once the election is over? https://twitter.com/...

• @daveyalba Davey Alba on x

  This reads like these measures were always an option, and Facebook never proactively implemented them ahead of the election. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @mikeisaac Rat King on x

  thus far, TWTR has been more aggressive around how to handle election disinfo. So this represents a ratcheting up of the methods by folks at Facebook. Also been told that these measures are “temporary,” meant as a stopgap till there is more stability (i.e. the race is called)

• @conorjrogers Conor Rogers on x

  This would have been helpful in TWO THOUSAND AND FIFTEEN? https://twitter.com/...

• @rocshot @rocshot on x

  While we all laugh at trump and his lies, that press conference will probably lead to violence on the streets. Can only imagine the Facebook groups lighting up at the moment.

• @shannonvallor Shannon Vallor on x

  Facebook decides to close the barn door after the horses left, the farm went bankrupt and sold at auction, the barn was razed and turned into a Walmart parking lot. Courageous! https://twitter.com/...

• @trollbigotry @trollbigotry on x

  @kylegriffin1 Trump press Conference is result of Twitter and Facebook blocking his tweets and posts Dude knows that inciting violence is more effective on Video than tweets 🧒

• @fboversight @fboversight on x

  It's too late https://twitter.com/...

• @beardedstoner @beardedstoner on x

  Just turn it on like it's something they could've always been doing? Interesting. https://twitter.com/...

• @clarajeffery Clara Jeffery on x

  And guess who this is likely to be directed at https://www.motherjones.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @theapjournalist Andrew Peng on x

  The amount of unflagged, uncontested misinformation on Facebook is staggering.

• @sokane1 Sean O'Kane on x

  hmm how about “now” instead https://twitter.com/...

• @stellinitweets Nick Stellini on x

  Really impressive how Facebook consistently does this stuff when the toothpaste is already out of the tube. https://twitter.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  .@facebook, with democracy hanging in the balance, is again tiptoeing around election disinformation instead of removing it outright. This ain't about engagement for ad dollars anymore, Zuck. Our electoral process is more important than that. https://twitter.com/...

• @maxboot Max Boot on x

  The election reveals that nearly half of the nation inhabits an alternative reality — built by Fox “News” and Facebook — where Trump is a successful president and Biden is a dangerous socialist. That does not augur well for our future. @PostOpinions https://www.washingtonpost.com…

• @ericboehlert Eric Boehlert on x

  like Twitter, FB decides to get tough on Trump lies/misinformation only when it's obvious Trump's presidency is over. really profiles in courage here. https://twitter.com/...

• @tiffanycli Tiffany C. Li on x

  MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, NPR all cut off Trump's broadcast, stopping the spread of his disinformation-filled speech. Tech is fed up. The media is fed up. America is fed up. https://twitter.com/...

• @anildash @anildash on x

  “We intent to resume allowing actions that we know destabilize democracy and incite violence... but not until, like, this weekend. K bye!” https://twitter.com/...

• @kateconger O...K on x

  “Facebook plans to add more “friction” — such as an additional click or two — before people can share posts and other content.” Twitter did this on Oct. 20! https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @cwarzel Charlie Warzel on x

  good news! but also...why not have this option ready to go 44 hrs ago? (maybe they did and i'm just a moron!) https://twitter.com/...

• @oliviasolon Olivia Solon on x

  This would make for a great needle at the top of everyone's news feed https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @animaanandkumar Prof. Anima Anandkumar on x

  We need to regulate @Facebook like we regulate press, like we regulate tobacco. Self policing has failed miserably. @Facebook should not be allowed to wreak further damage on our democracy @ylecun @an_open_mind https://twitter.com/...

• @brooklynmarie Brooke Binkowski on x

  I guess @Facebook should have fucking listened to me in 2017, huh? https://twitter.com/...

• @justinhendrix @justinhendrix on x

  Facebook, which is a tool to plan and incite violence, is tracking an increase in violence and incitement trends. https://twitter.com/...

• @slpng_giants @slpng_giants on x

  Okay, can we unpack the fact that @facebook has internal data on *violence and incitement* and they're not trying to get it to zero??? https://twitter.com/...

• @justinhendrix @justinhendrix on x

  This what I'm talking about. It's like having a measure of cyanide in the water supply and only applying a filter when you know it might be immediately lethal. https://twitter.com/...

• @sruhle Stephanie Ruhle on x

  So - Facebook has an internal metric for “violence & incitement trends”- SO WHAT ACTIONS ARE THEY TAKING TO RESTRICT USE ON THEIR PLATFORM? https://twitter.com/...

• @craigsilverman Craig Silverman on x

  Scoop w/@RMac18: Facebook has a secret internal metric called “violence and incitement trends.” It analyzes hashtags & search terms to measure the risk of unrest. Today, a FB employee raised the alarm that since Oct. 31 it's increased by 45%. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Zuckerberg was later asked at the meeting how he could make Facebook “filled with more love.” After some discussion about polarization, he said the answer was to allow people to join more groups. This was said without any hint of irony. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ ...

• @j_houg @j_houg on x

  At the point that you are making a dashboard to track “violence and incitement trends,” you should probably take a BIG step back and think about what you are doing. https://twitter.com/...

• @iwriteok Robert Evans on x

  facebook knows what it is doing https://twitter.com/...

• @fbnewsroom @fbnewsroom on x

  We are continuing to label all posts from both presidential candidates making it clear that votes are still being counted and a winner has not been projected. We are also applying these labels to other individuals who declare premature victory in individual states or overall. htt…

• @realdonaldtrump Donald J. Trump on x

  How come every time they count Mail-In ballot dumps they are so devastating in their percentage and power of destruction?

• @ryanlizza Ryan Lizza on x

  The President's Twitter feed currently has more warnings than a pack of cigarettes. https://twitter.com/...

• @willoremus Will Oremus on x

  Facebook itself pushes back on this idea, but it really feels like the company's increasingly aggressive moderation policies are at least partly enabled by a diminished fear of angering the right, as a Biden presidency grows more likely. https://twitter.com/...

• @willoremus Will Oremus on x

  Big day on Twitter for Congress's first QAnon adherent https://twitter.com/...

• @mosseri @mosseri on x

  It's critical that people have accurate information about elections results. To that end we're expanding our premature declaration of victory labels to apply to people beyond the presidential candidates. We'll apply these at state-level and overall. https://twitter.com/...

• @verge @verge on x

  Twitter has now flagged eight of President Trump's last 22 tweets as potentially misleading https://www.theverge.com/...

• @nilesgapol Niles Edward Francis on x

  18 of Marjorie Taylor Greene's tweets today have been flagged for election misinformation.

• @kevinroose Kevin Roose on x

  All these months of handwringing over social networks and their rules about false claims of victory will feel pretty moot if TV networks just carry the same claims live on air with no context.

• @loganclarkhall Logan Hall on x

  election interference. regulate them. https://twitter.com/...

• @hawleymo Josh Hawley on x

  What a surprise. The #BigTech crackdown continues https://twitter.com/...

• @realkylemorris Kyle Morris on x

  REPORT: Half of President Trump's posts since election day have been flagged as misinformation by Facebook & Twitter and censored on each platform. As of now, it appears that none of Joe Biden's posts have been flagged. https://www.breitbart.com/...

• @willoremus Will Oremus on x

  Imagine if the big social platforms had spent the past 5-10 years disincentivizing misinformation, instead of unwittingly and/or uncaringly incentivizing the hell out of it. Would Trump even have won in the first place? https://twitter.com/...

• @brooklynmarie Brooke Binkowski on x

  Now seems like a good time to remind everyone that @Facebook's head of global policy, Joel Kaplan, was one of the original architects of 2000's phony “Brooks Brothers riot,” along with Roger Stone — who ran “Stop the Steal PAC.” https://twitter.com/...

• @kurtwagner8 Kurt Wagner on x

  Trump's tweets keep getting flagged for including misleading information. So it looks like he's just repurposing them as official statements now. https://twitter.com/...

• @ddale8 Daniel Dale on x

  In general, the social-media information environment is pretty bad right now — way worse and with way more deliberate deception in the MAGAsphere, but still not great in other circles — and people would be wise to hesitate before sharing stuff and before freaking out.

• @alexstamos Alex Stamos on x

  This is the most intense online disinformation event in US history and the pace of what we have found has only accelerated since election day. We should hold the platforms accountable for upholding their policies, not ask for the overall discussion to be bent “our” direction.

• @rmac18 @rmac18 on x

  Looking at Facebook Live now, the top recommended streams are a radio show stream entertaining theories like “Trump votes were counted for Biden” (11k concurrent viewers) and right-wing partisan channel Newsmax (7k). https://twitter.com/...

• @fboversight @fboversight on x

  *THIS IS FACTUALLY INCORRECT* Trump claims victory in Pennsylvania on @Facebook before any trusted source has called the election in that state. This tiny label from Facebook is actively amplifying the spread of this disinfo and complicit in a premature declaration of victory. ht…

• @jesselehrich Jesse Lehrich on x

  this @Facebook group is up 300K followers & absolutely teeming with incendiary election disinfo. https://twitter.com/...

• @mjenkins Mandy Jenkins on x

  I feel like there's a discussion to be had about how, in the fight against election disinformation, Facebook and Google also sold out the very news providers that could help with that problem. ⬇️

• @sarahintampa Sarah Perez on x

  Facebook blocks hashtags for #sharpiegate, #stopthesteal election conspiracies: https://techcrunch.com/...

• @oneunderscore__ Ben Collins on x

  Yesterday was #SharpieGate, today was #StopTheSteal, tomorrow there will be another hashtag that's 12 letters or less and based on a lie or a vague nod to cheating. There will be a bunch of new names until one sticks. They're all flailing attempts to delegitimize the vote.

• @mfnmfnmfn Marco on x

  Remember, Facebook knows exactly who started #SharpieGate, where it originated from, and who paid for it and/or amplified it. This must be investigated one day. Deliberate attacks on our election cannot be tolerated. My gut feeling is Zuckerberg tries to swing this thing.

• @josh_emerson Josh Russell on x

  It never ends and the solution is so simple. An EXTREMELY small number of each platforms users are doing this. https://twitter.com/...

• @techcrunch @techcrunch on x

  Facebook blocks hashtags for #sharpiegate, #stopthesteal election conspiracies https://techcrunch.com/... by @sarahintampa and @tayhatmaker