[Wamvan] Are you more powerful than Facebook?

[Dharra Budicha]

AMAZING! 


The movement's picking up speed - and it's slowly but surely being covered! Yes to NissanUK for pulling ads! 


http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201305222040-0022771 


Cheers, 
Dharra 


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From: "Joanna Chiu" <chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com> 
To: wamvan at lists.resist.ca 
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 6:30:57 AM 
Subject: [Wamvan] WAM! International action: Are you more powerful than Facebook? 






From: "Jaclyn Friedman, Women Action & the Media" < jaclyn at womenactionmedia.org > 
Date: May 21, 2013 9:20:00 PM GMT+08:00 
To: chiu.joanna5 at gmail.com 
Subject: Are you more powerful than Facebook? 
Reply-To: jaclyn at womenactionmedia.org 





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Dear Joanna , 

WAM!CAN -- the WAM! Community Action Network you funded last summer -- is finally here, and it's time to take our first action . So we're starting BIG: with violence against women on Facebook. 
Facebook has long allowed content endorsing violence against women. They claim that these pages fall under the “humor” part of their guidelines, or are expressions of “free speech.” But Facebook has proven willing to crack down on other forms of hate speech, including anti-Semitic, Islamophobic and homophobic speech, without claiming such exemptions. 
That's why we're calling on Facebook to make the only responsible decision and ban gender-based hate speech. Can you help? 

We've identified five prominent companies whose Facebook ads have appeared alongside violent, hateful content . Will you join us in asking them to stop advertising on Facebook until Facebook takes real action to end gender-based hate speech on its site? Just click here to get started . 
Let's do this. Together, we're more powerful than Facebook. 
WAM!on, 
Jaclyn


	
	
	
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