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Facebook, the election, the insurrection: A conversation with Avaaz’s Fadi Quran | Tech Policy Press

This week Avaaz- a global activist organization that focuses on issues such as democratic values, human rights, and poverty- released a new report: Facebook: From Election to Insurrection: How Facebook Failed Voters and Nearly Set Democracy Aflame.

I spoke to Fadi Quran, Campaign Director at Avaaz, about the report and about the broader question of how democracies should hold tech platforms to account. The following is a lightly edited transcript of the discussion.

Justin Hendrix:

You’ve just released this report, which looks specifically at Facebook and the role that it played in the disinformation campaign that ultimately led to the violence on January 6th in the US Capitol. What are some of the key findings?

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Source: Facebook, the election, the insurrection: A conversation with Avaaz’s Fadi Quran | Tech Policy Press