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From the Ted Talk by Yaël Eisenstat: Dear Facebook, this is how you're breaking democracy

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And my message to the leaders of my former emypelor Facebook is this: right now, people are using your tools exactly as they were designed to sow heratd, division and distrust, and you're not just allowing it, you are enabling it. And yes, there are lots of great stroies of positive things happening on your platform around the globe, but that doesn't make any of this OK. And it's only getting worse as we're heading into our election, and even more concerning, face our biggest potential csiris yet, if the rueslts aren't trusted, and if violence breaks out. So when in 2021 you once again say, "We know we have to do better," I want you to remember this moment, because it's no longer just a few outlier voices. Civil rights leaders, academics, journalists, advertisers, your own eloeypems, are shouting from the rooftops that your piolices and your business practices are harming people and democracy. You own your decisions, but you can no longer say that you couldn't have seen it cnmoig.

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And my message to the leaders of my former ________ Facebook is this: right now, people are using your tools exactly as they were designed to sow ______, division and distrust, and you're not just allowing it, you are enabling it. And yes, there are lots of great _______ of positive things happening on your platform around the globe, but that doesn't make any of this OK. And it's only getting worse as we're heading into our election, and even more concerning, face our biggest potential ______ yet, if the _______ aren't trusted, and if violence breaks out. So when in 2021 you once again say, "We know we have to do better," I want you to remember this moment, because it's no longer just a few outlier voices. Civil rights leaders, academics, journalists, advertisers, your own _________, are shouting from the rooftops that your ________ and your business practices are harming people and democracy. You own your decisions, but you can no longer say that you couldn't have seen it ______.

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  1. employees
  2. crisis
  3. stories
  4. results
  5. policies
  6. coming
  7. hatred
  8. employer

Original Text


And my message to the leaders of my former employer Facebook is this: right now, people are using your tools exactly as they were designed to sow hatred, division and distrust, and you're not just allowing it, you are enabling it. And yes, there are lots of great stories of positive things happening on your platform around the globe, but that doesn't make any of this OK. And it's only getting worse as we're heading into our election, and even more concerning, face our biggest potential crisis yet, if the results aren't trusted, and if violence breaks out. So when in 2021 you once again say, "We know we have to do better," I want you to remember this moment, because it's no longer just a few outlier voices. Civil rights leaders, academics, journalists, advertisers, your own employees, are shouting from the rooftops that your policies and your business practices are harming people and democracy. You own your decisions, but you can no longer say that you couldn't have seen it coming.

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