After being confronted by hate speech from all sides, Greta Thunberg has lashed out at FB and accused them of “the lack of fact-checking” and failure to curb “conspiracy theories.
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As the 16-year-old climate activist said, she’s thinking of quitting the platform because she believes their “lack of taking responsibility” is “very disturbing.”
“I am, like many others, questioning whether I should keep using Facebook or not. Allowing hate speech, the lack of fact checking and of course the issues of interfering with democracy… are among many, many other things that are very upsetting,” she wrote in her post, addressing her 2.6 million fans.
“The constant lies and conspiracy theories about me and countless of others of course result in hate, death threats and ultimately violence. This could easily be stopped if Facebook wanted to. I find the lack of taking responsibility very disturbing.
“But I’m sure that if they are challenged and if enough of us demand change – then change will come.”
In an interview with Dagens Nyheter, Thunberg also took an aim at her haters who allegedly always find ways to threaten her and her family.
“The one who suffers is my sister. She is 13 years old and has to endure systematic bullying, hatred, and harassment,” she said.
“The people who write threats and hate to me do it to the whole family, even to her. The difference between me and the people who are left at home is that I am always traveling, inaccessible.”
Following her speech, the 16-year-old has also apologized to those affected by her impersonators.
“It has come to my attention that a few people have been trying to impersonate me or falsely claim that they ‘represent’ me in order to communicate with political leaders, famous actors, singers and musicians,” she wrote on Twitter.
“I apologize to anyone who’s been contacted – and maybe even misled by this kind of behavior. I hope that those who want to sincerely reach out to me will do so using the recognized channels.”
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