- Facebook found thousands of QAnon groups with millions of followers — and did nothing.
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/11/qanon-facebook-groups-growing-conspiracy-theory>
- Facebook refused to allow vaccine ads, but allowed antivax ads.
<https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-axed-pro-vaccine-ads-from-hospitals-and-health-orgs-let-anti-vaxxer-ads-slip-through>
- Facebook picked Breitbart as a high quality trusted news source, even though the site has a long history of racism and homophobia. (One example story about that, feel free to do a search for more.)
<https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/26/media/facebook-news-breitbart/index.html>
<https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/breitbart-virginia-shooting>
- Facebook was used to incite genocide in Myanmar, and failed to moderate appropriately.
<https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/myanmar-facebook-hate/>
- They then refused to help with investigation of the genocide.
<https://time.com/5880118/myanmar-rohingya-genocide-facebook-gambia/>
- Facebook donated to far-right politicians including one who described himself as "David Duke without the baggage".
<https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1184983336327888896.html>
- Facebook brought in The Daily Caller to fact-check posts.
<https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-brings-in-rightwing-news-site-the-daily-caller-to-factcheck-articles>
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