{"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":"higit-sa-120-mga-grupo-ng-demokrasya-para-sa-karapatang-sibil-ang-nananawagan-sa-mga-higante-ng-social-media-na-gumawa-ng-makabuluhang-aksyon-upang-labanan-ang-disinformation-sa-halalan-bago-ang-midte","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/tl\/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":"Higit sa 120 Civil Rights & Democracy Groups ang Nanawagan sa Social Media Giants na Magsagawa ng Mahahalagang Aksyon para Labanan ang Disinformation sa Halalan Bago ang Midterm Elections\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":"Ngayon, mahigit 120 karapatang sibil, demokrasya, at mga grupo ng pampublikong interes ang nanawagan sa mga pangunahing kumpanya ng social media na labanan at pigilan ang disinformation ng halalan sa mga platform bago ang midterm na halalan ngayong taon. Sa isang sulat<\/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 higit sa 40 porsyento<\/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 sulat<\/a>) laban sa disinformation ng halalan sa kanilang mga plataporma habang papalapit tayo sa unang pambansang halalan mula noong Enero 6ika<\/sup> insureksyon:\r\n