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Color Of Change: “Facebook must permanently ban Trump and take action against his enablers”

Color Of Change For Immediate Release: January 7, 2021 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change: “Facebook must permanently ban Trump and take action against his enablers” NATIONWIDE —  In response to Facebook’s announcement that it will suspend President Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely, Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson released the following statement: “Facebook’s decision to suspend President […]

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Color Of Change: Unprecedented Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook from FTC, 48 State and Territorial AGs Mark Critical Step Toward Ending Big Tech’s Abuse of Power

Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: December 9, 2020 Color Of Change: Unprecedented Antitrust Lawsuits Against Facebook from FTC, 48 State and Territorial AGs Mark Critical Step Toward Ending Big Tech’s Abuse of Power NATIONWIDE – In response to the new lawsuits filed today by the Federal Trade Commission and dozens of state attorneys general […]

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Color Of Change: Facebook’s New Disclosure of Hate Speech Prevalence Lacks Adequate Context

Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: November 19, 2020 Color Of Change: Facebook’s New Disclosure of Hate Speech Prevalence Lacks Adequate Context NATIONWIDE — In response to Facebook’s newly-released quarterly transparency report, which for the first time includes public disclosure of data on the prevalence of hate speech on the platform, Color Of Change President […]

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Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself

Facebook’s platform is overrun with hate speech and disinformation. This article asks, does it really want to solve the problem? Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change and one of the leaders behind the #StopHateForProfit boycott targeting Facebook is quoted. “I don’t want to sound naïve, but until recently I was willing to believe that they were committed to making real progress. But then the hate speech and the toxicity keeps multiplying, and at a certain point you go, Oh, maybe, despite what they say, getting rid of this stuff just isn’t a priority for them.”

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Trump Targeting Black Voters in 2016 Shows Facebook’s Microtargeting Is a Danger to Democracy, experts say

New data shows the Trump campaign strategically launched ads on Facebook to deter Black people from voting through a process known as microtargeting. Microtargeting is broadly not regulated in the US. While Facebook claims to have addressed problems in how its platform was used in 2016, experts disagree. Dr. Jennifer Cobbe says, “Facebook talks a lot about bad actors misusing its platform, but the truth is that the biggest bad actor on Facebook is Facebook.” And Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson says Facebook’s actions are “too little too late for the millions of Black voters who were disenfranchised four years ago.”

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Facebook Implements New Rules to Prevent Voter Intimidation

Less than a month before the election, Facebook has announced posts with militarized language like “army” or “battle” will be removed under a new policy to try to prevent voter intimidation. The policy comes in response to a controversial Trump ad in which he calls for an “army” of supporters to show up at polling stations. A watchdog group of activists and academics – which Color Of Change is a member of – says Facebook has not nearly gone far enough in allowing “the flow of poison into the population.” COC’s President Rashad Robinson is quoted, saying calls like Trump’s are “a threat to our ability to express our will for a better future.”

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Facebook Finally Slowed Down—When We Needed It to Move Fast

Three years after the idea was first proposed, Facebook finally created an oversight board–but the move comes too late to stop the spread of propaganda or misinformation in the 2020 elections. The activists and organizations like Color Of Change that make up what’s privately referred to as “Facebook’s Real Oversight Board” say this is too little, too late, no more than “a corporate whitewashing exercise” without the power to influence policy. And while Facebook moves fast when business deals are on the line, the oversight board will probably not hear its first case ’til the end of 2020 at best.

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Critics Call for Facebook to Protect Democracy with 3 Urgent Steps

Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson is part of a 24-person board calling for Facebook to take three immediate steps in order to protect US democracy. First, it is calling for a ban on all paid advertising mentioning presidential election results as ballots are being counted, adding this could prevent violence from breaking out if the results are contested. Second, the board demanded “strict oversight” of all posts that mention the presidential election results in this uncertain period. Last, the board said Facebook should “enforce its own policies” to remove content that incites violence.

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Don’t Quit Facebook. Change Laws.

The New York Times covers Color of Change’s celebrity social media freeze and ad boycott levied at Facebook. In July companies pulled $7B in advertising as part of #StopHateForProfit. Vice President Arisha Hatch is quoted. “Our goal at Color Of Change is definitely longer term systemic change and specifically legislative change. That takes time and boycotts give people something small, easy and strategic that they can do to actually win real world change for Black people.” The Times says the boycott campaign was “wildly successful” in educating people and shaming the company to do more to stop the spread of hate and misinformation on its platform.

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Color Of Change Responds to Facebook Employee Resignation

For Immediate Release: September 8, 2020 Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org Color Of Change: Facebook Employee’s Resignation is a Symptom of Company’s Unchecked Abuse of Power and Failure to Enforce Policies NATIONWIDE — In response to Facebook employee Ashok Chandwaney’s resignation citing Facebook’s willingness to profit from hate on its platform, as reported by The Washington Post, Color Of […]

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Color Of Change Responds to Facebook’s US Election Policy Updates

Media Contact: media@colorofchange.org For Immediate Release: September 3, 2020 Color Of Change Responds to Facebook’s US Election Policy Updates NATIONWIDE — In response to Facebook’s announcement today of additional steps it will take on the platform ahead of the November election, Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, released the following statement from President […]

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Facebook Initially Failed to Remove a Kenosha Militia Page Despite Complaints

Yet again, Facebook is under fire for letting people incite violence on its platform. The company didn’t respond when users sounded the alarm about a militia group issuing a “call to arms” online before the violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which left two people dead. Facebook told users the page didn’t meet its criteria for removal but ended up taking down the page — after armed militias took to the streets. “This crisis of hate-fueled violence requires immediate, drastic action from Facebook and all other platforms on which these groups gather,” says Color Of Change President Rashad Robinson. “Facebook’s superficial policy changes mean nothing when they aren’t enforced.”

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