Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry, and More Join #StopHateforProfit

Deedra Mcgillivray 3 years ago

Loic Venance/AFP, Getty Some big-name celebrities are joining a digital Stop Hate for Profit campaign against social media companies, following similar Facebook protest efforts during the summer. Stop Hate for Profit — a campaign organized by groups like the ADL and the NAACP — has designed this week as a “week […]

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Some big-name celebrities are joining a digital Stop Hate for Profit campaign against social media companies, following similar Facebook protest efforts during the summer.

Stop Hate for Profit — a campaign organized by groups like the ADL and the NAACP — has designed this week as a “week of action” that includes a call for a 24-hour Instagram freeze on Wednesday, September 16th. The group’s mission statement says the goal is to hold social media giants accountable for hate spreading on their platforms.

And people from Sacha Baron Cohen to Kim Kardashian West have all joined the protest:

 

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While my cartooning is neither good nor subtle, I hope the point is clear. Facebook claims they are addressing the constant tsunami of bigotry, #hate, and disinformation on their platform, but it takes all of 5 seconds to find absolutely horrific stuff on there. And the more you search for it, the more they actually feed it to you. That’s why this Wednesday, Sept. 16th, I am standing with some of the nations leading Civil Rights orgs, including @ColorOfChange, @ADL_National, and @NAACP and “freezing” my Instagram account to tell Facebook to #StopHateForProfit. WHO’S IN??? #Instafreeze Stophateforprofit.org

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Sacha Baron Cohen in particular has been very critical of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg in the past year. At the Golden Globes earlier this year, he introduced Jojo Rabbit saying, “The hero of this next movie is a naive misguided child who spreads Nazi propaganda and only has imaginary friends. His name is Mark Zuckerberg.”

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