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• @craigsilverman Craig Silverman on x

  One post, featuring an avatar of a woman smiling with arms raised, said: “WE ARE AMERICANS!!! WE FOUGHT AND DIED TO START OUR COUNTRY! WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT...FIGHT LIKE HELL. WE WILL SAVE HER❤ THEN WERE GOING TO SHOOT THE TRAITORS!!!!!!!!!!!” (I blocked out the face) https://twi…

• @craigsilverman Craig Silverman on x

  One popular meme showed a photo of Trump winking, with the text “Not Only Can Martial Law Guarantee a Trump Victory, It Also Allows Trump To Arrest Anyone He Wants!” It was posted at least 70 times across public groups, generating more than 2,400 total likes.

• @craigsilverman Craig Silverman on x

  FB spox Drew Pusateri denied that the company had pulled back on efforts to combat violent and false postings about the election after the vote. He said the company is not to blame for Jan. 6. https://twitter.com/...

• @craigsilverman Craig Silverman on x

  “Facebook took its eye off the ball in the interim time between Election Day and Jan. 6,” said a former integrity team employee who worked on the task force. “There was a lot of violating content that did appear on the platform that wouldn't otherwise have.”

• @craigsilverman Craig Silverman on x

  Through interviews, data & internal docs, we reveal how FB/Meta relaxed its oversight of groups after election day, and belatedly rushed to try and police them once the Capitol attack was underway. But by then, groups had become a hotbed of election misinfo and threats.

• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  A damning report. “Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden's victory between Election Day and the Jan. 6 siege... with many calling for executions or other political violence...” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  “The notion that the January 6 insurrection would not have happened but for Facebook is absurd.” Facebook likes to pretend it is being entirely blamed for January 6th — rather than answering questions about the role it actually played in it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... ht…

• @derekwillis Derek Willis on x

  Between Nov. 2020 & Jan. 6, 2021, an average of 10k posts a day attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden's victory appeared on Facebook, many calling for violence. They appeared in more than 27k public groups. https://www.propublica.org/...

• @joshsternberg Josh Sternberg on x

  Society: Facebook played a huge role in organizing 1/6, from spreading false narratives to calls for violence. Facebook: We didn't start the fire. It was always burning since the world's been turning. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @dicktofel Richard Tofel on x

  Just out ⁦@propublica⁩ and ⁦@washingtonpost⁩: Facebook let up on policing groups on its platform after 2020 election, with the consequence of fueling January 6. Facebook says Trump and the rioters are the only ones to blame. https://www.propublica.org/...

• @markseibel Mark Seibel on x

  Aside from the statistical analysis, this report reveals the problem with Facebook's dependence on group administrators to vet posts on their groups for hate speech and violence. Those administrators often are true believers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @markseibel Mark Seibel on x

  One interesting finding: groups carrying election delegitimizing content remained active on Facebook long after Jan. 6. One administrator with dozens of violations remained active till last month; Facebook closed his account only after we asked about it. https://www.washingtonpos…

• @washingtonpost @washingtonpost on x

  Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden's victory between Election Day and Jan. 6, with many calling for executions or other political violence, an investigation by ProPublica and The Washington Post found https://www.washingtonpo…

• @markseibel Mark Seibel on x

  In the absence of a Facebook investigation, ProPublica and The Post examined millions of posts in political groups after Election Day. The result provides a look at Facebook's role in the spread of the lies that fed the Jan. 6 violence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...