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RELEASE: Advocates, Elected Officials Demand Facebook Address Spanish-Language Disinformation Crisis, Release Action Plan and Demands Ahead of Hearings
Date: March 16, 2021
Phone: 202.481.8145
Washington, D.C. Today, a coalition of racial justice and internet accountability organizations the Center for American Progress, Free Press, National Hispanic Media Coalition, and Real Facebook Oversight Board joined members of Congress to demand action from Facebook on its Spanish-language content moderation gap, a crisis that is pushing extreme disinformation and hate to Spanish-speaking communities in the United States. The coalition called on Facebook to implement four key reforms immediately: “We call on Facebook to publicly identify an executive-level manager to oversee U.S. Spanish-language content moderation policy and enforcement, to publicly explain the translation process of the algorithm and content moderation, and share the training materials used to review whether content
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EMERGENCY PRESS BRIEFING: Members of Congress, Advocates to Announce Action Plan to Fight Facebook s Spanish-Language Disinformation Crisis
March 15, 2021
Contact: Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838
WASHINGTON Please join us on Tues., March 16, at noon EST as members of Congress and leading racial-justice activists call on Facebook to address the rampant Spanish-language disinformation that’s spreading across its platforms.
The launch of the #YaBastaFacebook initiative will include an announcement of significant new policy asks and demands of Facebook, and the release of a new video and findings about the company’s Spanish-language disinformation crisis. Advocates will call out Facebook for disrespecting the Latinx community, and demand solutions.