*[Enwl-eng] Facebook's in trouble...

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                        160 companies including Coke, Starbucks, and 
Unilever have announced they're suspending all Facebook ads until the tech 
giant fixes its disastrous disinformation and hate speech policies!

                        This is a total game-changer -- we need to get other 
companies on board while momentum is high. Add your name and let's finally 
get the Facebook reform our world needs:

                         Sign the petition


            HUGE news -- 160 companies, including mega-giants Coca-Cola, 
Starbucks, and Unilever have announced this week that they're suspending all 
Facebook ads!

            It's an unprecedented response to the tech giant's disastrous 
disinformation and hate speech policies, which have already impacted 
elections and fueled real-life racist violence.

            Facebook is in full panic-mode -- 99% of their revenue comes 
from ads. Now they're doing damage control but the movement is picking up 
steam.

            If we can get more corporate giants -- like Proctor and Gamble, 
the world's largest advertiser -- to join right now, we could finally get 
the critical Facebook reform we've needed for years. But we need to push 
before the momentum drops -- add your name and share everywhere:

            Tell companies: Suspend your Facebook advertisements until it 
cleans up its act!

            Facebook has seemed totally unwilling or incapable of tackling 
the platform's problems. But now companies big and small are facing their 
own reckoning about systems of oppression, and many are taking note of 
Facebook’s hand in it.

            Just for example, Facebook has allowed incitement to violence 
against protesters in the US; turned a blind eye to blatant voter 
suppression; fanned the flames of genocide in Myanmar; and refused to call 
Holocaust denial "hate".

            Reform is badly needed. And since Facebook is almost entirely 
dependent on ad money, this campaign will soon pose a crippling financial 
threat if Facebook execs don't rethink their approach.

            Massive advertisers like Proctor & Gamble are on the fence right 
now, but could be pushed to join -- this is our chance to build the Facebook 
the world needs. Add your name:

            Tell companies: Suspend your Facebook advertisements until it 
cleans up its act!

            Our community was made for moments like this -- when pressuring 
companies to act leads to insurmountable impact. Let’s do it again, and help 
be the guiding light for how companies should move through and engage with 
the digital age.


             Sign the petition
            Thanks for all that you do,
            Danny and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            The North Face halts Facebook ads, urges anti-racist policy LA 
Times, June 19 2020
            Facebook faces advertiser revolt over failure to address hate 
speech The Guardian, June 22 2020
            Facebook and Twitter stocks dive as Unilever halts advertising, 
CNN, June 26 2020









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            From: Danny Auron, SumOfUs
            Sent: Monday, June 29, 2020 4:30 AM
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