To BlackRock, Fidelity, State Street, T. Rowe Price and Vanguard:

We urge you to vote FOR shareholder resolutions 4–8 at Facebook’s annual meeting on May 26. These shareholder proposals reflect investors’ concerns about platform misuse, the company’s role in spreading hate and disinformation, how power is distributed at the company and the need for at least one board member with civil/human-rights expertise.

Your companies collectively control about 22 percent of the voting power at Facebook. We urge you to meet this moment in history and support the changes needed for Facebook to become more accountable to the public and the users and advertisers that your businesses rely on.

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    Investment firms need to vote FOR the shareholder resolutions that will make Facebook more accountable.

    Urge Facebook Shareholders to Hold the Company Accountable

    Financial firms like BlackRock, Fidelity, State Street, T. Rowe Price and Vanguard collectively control about 22 percent of Facebook’s shares. This gives them a critical opportunity to influence the company’s direction. Unfortunately, they’ve often refused to support shareholder proposals that would push Facebook to improve its practices.

    For years Facebook has been buffeted by scandal after scandal. Congress has repeatedly called on the company’s leadership to answer for Facebook's role in spreading hate and disinformation, helping to lay the groundwork for the Jan. 6 insurrection and failing to protect users’ personal data.

    Shareholders have submitted five proposals for a vote at the annual meeting. They cover a range of topics, including:

    • How power is distributed at the company (Mark Zuckerberg is not only the CEO but also the board chair … and controls 53 percent of the company’s shares)
    • Who holds power at the board level. Echoing the demands of civil-rights groups, shareholders are asking the company to nominate a board member with civil- and human-rights expertise.
    • Platform misuse (if Facebook had the tools at its disposal to slow the spread of disinformation around the 2020 U.S. election, why isn’t it doing these things all the time?)
    • Recapitalizing the company’s outstanding shares (which would help democratize shareholder votes)

    Urge these investment firms to vote FOR the shareholder resolutions that will make Facebook more accountable to its users and the public.