|
|
Beaten, bloody, and terrified -- this photo went viral in
France as a symbol of police brutality... but it's completely fake!
There’s a simple solution to false stories like this: get Facebook
to show corrections to *everyone* who has seen fake news. Avaaz
is meeting top executives at Facebook this week, so add your name now
-- let's make this huge before the meeting!!
|
|
Fakebook
This shocking photo of a young woman, left beaten and bleeding by police
at a protest, went viral on social media in France.
It’s the sort of thing Avaaz might launch an urgent campaign on. But
there’s just one problem -- the image has nothing to do with France. It
was taken in Madrid, years ago. It’s fake. Untrue. A lie.
And it’s dangerous.
Disinformation like this has the power to turn protests violent, destroy
trust in our democracies and make us hate, even kill each other.
But there's a simple solution to this threat: distribute corrections
to dangerous fake news -- to EVERYONE who has seen it!
Avaaz has pitched the idea to key decision-makers all over the world, and
many of them love it. Facebook is sensitive to its public image, and Avaaz
staff are meeting top executives there this week -- let's get massive
public backing from people everywhere for them to correct the
record on fake news!
Tell
Facebook: Correct the Record!
In many countries newspapers are required to issue corrections if
they print false information -- why shouldn’t the same rules apply to
Facebook and Twitter, who reach many times more people?
This isn’t about censorship -- no content would be taken down or deleted.
Instead, the social media companies would make sure people who had been
given false information were provided with the full facts so they can
make informed decisions.
The Avaaz team has pitched this idea to politicians across the planet, as
well as regulators, experts, academics, free speech advocates, and to
social media executives at all the major platforms. Most of them see that
this could really work, but it's still missing massive public demand to
make it happen.
If Facebook moves, others will follow. Sign the petition calling on
Facebook to correct the record on fake news, and when this is huge,
we’ll deliver our voices direct to Facebook and to lawmakers all over the
world:
Tell
Facebook: Correct the Record!
|
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment