{"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":"plus-de-120-groupes-de-defense-des-droits-civiques-et-de-la-democratie-appellent-les-geants-des-reseaux-sociaux-a-prendre-des-mesures-importantes-pour-lutter-contre-la-desinformation-electorale-avant","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/fr\/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":"Plus de 120 groupes de d\u00e9fense des droits civiques et de la d\u00e9mocratie appellent les g\u00e9ants des r\u00e9seaux sociaux \u00e0 prendre des mesures importantes pour lutter contre la d\u00e9sinformation \u00e9lectorale \u00e0 l'approche des \u00e9lections de mi-mandat\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":"Aujourd'hui, plus de 120 groupes de d\u00e9fense des droits civiques, de la d\u00e9mocratie et de l'int\u00e9r\u00eat public ont appel\u00e9 les principales soci\u00e9t\u00e9s de m\u00e9dias sociaux \u00e0 combattre et \u00e0 freiner la d\u00e9sinformation \u00e9lectorale sur les plateformes \u00e0 l'approche des \u00e9lections de mi-mandat de cette ann\u00e9e. lettre<\/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 plus de 40 pour cent<\/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 lettre<\/a>) contre la d\u00e9sinformation \u00e9lectorale sur leurs plateformes \u00e0 l'approche des premi\u00e8res \u00e9lections nationales depuis le 6 janvier\u00e8me<\/sup> insurrection:\r\n