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PlatinumPearl · 09-01-2020, 07:43 AM

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are donating $300 million to promote safe voting in the 2020 election

Mark Zuckerberg (right) and Priscilla Chan.

* Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are donating $300 million towards infrastructure to carry out the 2020 presidential election.

* $250 million will go towards nonprofit The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to fund staffing, training, and equipment in local jurisdictions.

* $50 million is going to nonprofit The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) to help secure voting.

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on Tuesday revealed they are donating $300 million to try to help people vote in the 2020 presidential election.

The news was unveiled by the groups benefiting from the donation, The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) and The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR).

The CTCL will receive the majority of the money ($250 million), which it says it will redistribute to local election jurisdictions to: "help ensure that they have the staffing, training, and equipment necessary so that this November every eligible voter can participate in a safe and timely way and that their vote is counted."

The CEIR will receive the remaining $50 million, which will be spent on helping local jurisdictions secure their voting data.

"Due to the unprecedented challenges COVID-19 will have on voting across the country, election officials are working around the clock to make sure that every voter has the ability to participate safely and have their vote counted," Zuckerberg and Chan said in a joint statement.

"Many counties and states are strapped financially and working to determine how to staff and fund operations that will allow for ballots to be cast and counted in a timely way. These donations will help to provide local and state officials across the country with the resources, training and infrastructure necessary to ensure that every voter who intends to cast a ballot is able to, and ultimately, to preserve the integrity of our elections," the couple added.

This donation is the latest display by Zuckerberg to indicate he cares about election integrity. Facebook launched a tool in August aimed at promoting accurate voting information, and according to an August 24 New York Times report Zuckerberg has met with Facebook deputies to discuss the possibility of implementing a "kill switch" to shut down political advertising after November 3 to head off any potential misinformation.

The company faced fierce criticism in May after Trump posted misinformation claiming mail-in votes would be fraudulent on Facebook and Twitter. Twitter added fact-checks to the post, whereas Facebook chose to leave it untouched. In July the company started adding labels to all posts about voting from officials and political candidates, including the president.

Harming election integrity has a sore point for Facebook ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal and revelations of Russian election interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Source: businessinsider.com
Website: https://www.businessinsider.com/mark...lection-2020-9
Date: September 1, 2020

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PlatinumPearl Member How Do You Identify?: Femme, Human Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: Canada Posts: 1,116 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 948 Thanked 2,354 Times in 863 Posts Rep Power: 21474844	Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Donate Millions to Promote Safe Voting Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are donating $300 million to promote safe voting in the 2020 election Mark Zuckerberg (right) and Priscilla Chan. * Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are donating $300 million towards infrastructure to carry out the 2020 presidential election. * $250 million will go towards nonprofit The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) to fund staffing, training, and equipment in local jurisdictions. * $50 million is going to nonprofit The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR) to help secure voting. Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on Tuesday revealed they are donating $300 million to try to help people vote in the 2020 presidential election. The news was unveiled by the groups benefiting from the donation, The Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) and The Center for Election Innovation and Research (CEIR). The CTCL will receive the majority of the money ($250 million), which it says it will redistribute to local election jurisdictions to: "help ensure that they have the staffing, training, and equipment necessary so that this November every eligible voter can participate in a safe and timely way and that their vote is counted." The CEIR will receive the remaining $50 million, which will be spent on helping local jurisdictions secure their voting data. "Due to the unprecedented challenges COVID-19 will have on voting across the country, election officials are working around the clock to make sure that every voter has the ability to participate safely and have their vote counted," Zuckerberg and Chan said in a joint statement. "Many counties and states are strapped financially and working to determine how to staff and fund operations that will allow for ballots to be cast and counted in a timely way. These donations will help to provide local and state officials across the country with the resources, training and infrastructure necessary to ensure that every voter who intends to cast a ballot is able to, and ultimately, to preserve the integrity of our elections," the couple added. This donation is the latest display by Zuckerberg to indicate he cares about election integrity. Facebook launched a tool in August aimed at promoting accurate voting information, and according to an August 24 New York Times report Zuckerberg has met with Facebook deputies to discuss the possibility of implementing a "kill switch" to shut down political advertising after November 3 to head off any potential misinformation. The company faced fierce criticism in May after Trump posted misinformation claiming mail-in votes would be fraudulent on Facebook and Twitter. Twitter added fact-checks to the post, whereas Facebook chose to leave it untouched. In July the company started adding labels to all posts about voting from officials and political candidates, including the president. Harming election integrity has a sore point for Facebook ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal and revelations of Russian election interference in the 2016 presidential election. Source: businessinsider.com Website: https://www.businessinsider.com/mark...lection-2020-9 Date: September 1, 2020