{"id":7981,"date":"2022-05-12T09:49:17","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/press-releases\/more-than-120-civil-rights-democracy-groups-call-on-social-media-giants-to-take-significant-actions-to-combat-election-disinformation-ahead-of-midterm-elections\/"},"modified":"2022-05-12T09:49:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T13:49:17","slug":"mehr-als-120-burgerrechts-und-demokratiegruppen-fordern-die-social-media-giganten-auf-im-vorfeld-der-halbzeitwahlen-erhebliche-masnahmen-zur-bekampfung-von-wahldesinformation-zu-ergreifen","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/de\/press\/more-than-120-civil-rights-democracy-groups-call-on-social-media-giants-to-take-significant-actions-to-combat-election-disinformation-ahead-of-midterm-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Mehr als 120 B\u00fcrgerrechts- und Demokratiegruppen fordern Social-Media-Giganten auf, im Vorfeld der Halbzeitwahlen entscheidende Ma\u00dfnahmen zur Bek\u00e4mpfung von Wahldesinformation zu ergreifen\u00a0"},"template":"","class_list":["post-7981","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"Today, more than 120 civil rights, democracy, and public interest groups called on the major social media companies to combat and curb election disinformation on the platforms ahead of this year\u2019s midterm elections. In a letter to the CEOs of Meta, Twitter, YouTube, Snap, Instagram, TikTok, and Alphabet, the groups urged the platforms to take a variety of specific actions, including \u201cintroducing friction to reduce the spread and amplification of disinformation, consistent enforcement of robust civic integrity policies; and greater transparency into business models that allow disinformation to spread.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0","featured_image":"","press_type":236,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7855}"],"related_issues":[133,134,136,137,169,2065,2066,2082],"related_work":false,"location":46},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Heute forderten mehr als 120 B\u00fcrgerrechts-, Demokratie- und \u00f6ffentliche Interessengruppen die gro\u00dfen Social-Media-Unternehmen auf, vor den diesj\u00e4hrigen Zwischenwahlen die Desinformation \u00fcber Wahlen auf den Plattformen zu bek\u00e4mpfen und einzud\u00e4mmen. In einem Brief<\/a> to the CEOs of Meta, Twitter, YouTube, Snap, Instagram, TikTok, and Alphabet, the groups urged the platforms to take a variety of specific actions, including \u201cintroducing friction to reduce the spread and amplification of disinformation, consistent enforcement of robust civic integrity policies; and greater transparency into business models that allow disinformation to spread.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe groups signing the letter, including Common Cause, Center for American Progress, Free Press, Lawyers\u2019 Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, warned the CEOs that without swift and decisive action, election disinformation on their platforms will continue to undermine our democracy by confusing, intimidating, and harassing voters, suppressing the right to vote, and otherwise disrupting our democracy. The letter stresses that the measures enacted by the platforms to combat the problem in 2020 were woefully insufficient and have been scaled back or discontinued. Election disinformation continues to proliferate on social media today undermining public faith in our elections, with recent polls showing that mehr als 40 Prozent<\/a> of Americans still do not believe President Biden legitimately won the 2020 presidential election.\r\n\r\nThe groups strongly urge the platforms to take the following decisive actions (detailed in the Brief<\/a>) gegen Wahldesinformation auf ihren Plattformen, w\u00e4hrend wir uns den ersten nationalen Wahlen seit dem 6. Januar n\u00e4hernth<\/sup> Aufruhr:\r\n