{"id":11975,"date":"2019-02-11T05:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=11975"},"modified":"2019-02-12T10:59:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:59:32","slug":"open-letter-facebook-do-your-part-against-disinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2019\/02\/11\/open-letter-facebook-do-your-part-against-disinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Letter: Facebook, Do Your Part Against Disinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mozilla, Access Now, Reporters Without Borders, and<\/i> 35 <\/i>other organizations have published an open letter<\/a> to Facebook. <\/i><\/h2>\n

Our ask: make good on your promises to provide more transparency around political advertising ahead of the 2019 EU Parliamentary Elections<\/i><\/h2>\n

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Is Facebook making a sincere effort to be transparent about the content on its platform? Or, is the social media platform neglecting its promises?<\/p>\n

Facebook promised European lawmakers<\/a> and users it would increase the transparency of political advertising on the platform to prevent abuse during the elections. But in the very same breath, they took measures to block access to transparency tools<\/a> that let users see how they are being targeted.<\/p>\n

With the 2019 EU Parliamentary Elections on the horizon, it is vital that Facebook take action to address this problem. So today, Mozilla and 37<\/b> <\/b>other organizations \u2014 including Access Now and Reporters Without Borders \u2014 are publishing an open letter to Facebook<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are writing you today as a group of technologists, human rights defenders, academics, journalists and Facebook users who are deeply concerned about the validity of Facebook\u2019s promises to protect European users from targeted disinformation campaigns during the European Parliamentary elections,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

\u201cPromises and press statements aren\u2019t enough; instead, we\u2019ll be watching for real action over the coming months and will be exploring ways to hold Facebook accountable if that action isn\u2019t sufficient,\u201d the letter continues.<\/p>\n

Individuals may sign their name to the letter, as well. Sign here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Read the full letter, <\/i><\/b>here<\/i><\/b><\/a> or below. The letter will also appear in the Thursday print edition of POLITICO Europe.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Lire cette lettre en fran\u00e7ais<\/i><\/b> <\/i><\/b> <\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Diesen Brief auf Deutsch lesen<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

The letter urges Facebook to make good on its promise to EU lawmakers. Last year, Facebook signed the EU\u2019s Code of Practice on disinformation<\/a> and pledged to increase transparency around political advertising. But since then, Facebook has made political advertising more opaque<\/i>, not more transparent. The company recently blocked access<\/a> to third-party transparency tools.<\/p>\n

Specifically, our open letter urges Facebook to:<\/p>\n