[Wamvan] We Won!

[jana g]

Good Job all around ... 'n thx everyone for your effective
actions and work on these important ongoing issues!  jj


On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Candace <cancou at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congrats everyone :+) Awesome work, Candace
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On 2013-05-28, at 3:34 PM, Natalie Hill <nhill10 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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> what a HUGE freaking victory. looking forward to seeing the changes in
> action.
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> so proud of everyone involved in this. way to go.
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> this is what WAM! is all about!!
>
> awesome, awesome, awesome.
>
> - N
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> On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hoping some of you already saw this, but at any rate I'm super happy
>> about it. Thanks to everyone who put in your two cents via Twitter or email
>> to Facebook advertisers.
>>
>> http://www.womenactionmedia.org/fbagreement/
>>
>> Last Tuesday, Women, Action & the Media, the Everyday Sexism Project and
>> author/activist Soraya Chemaly launched a campaign to call on Facebook to
>> take concrete, effective action to end gender-based hate speech on its
>> site. Since then, participants sent over 60,000 tweets and 5000 emails, and
>> our coalition has grown to over 100 women’s movement and social justice
>> organizations.
>>
>> Today, we are pleased to announce that Facebook has responded with a
>> important commitment to refine its approach to hate speech. Facebook has
>> admirably done more than most other companies to address this topic in
>> regards to content policy. In a statement released today, Facebook
>> addressed our concerns and committed to evaluating and updating its
>> policies, guidelines and practices relating to hate speech, improving
>> training for its content moderators and increasing accountability for
>> creators of misogynist content.
>>
>> Facebook has also invited Women, Action & the Media, The Everyday Sexism
>> Project and members of our coalition to contribute to these efforts and be
>> part of an ongoing conversation. As part of these efforts, we will work
>> closely with Facebook on the issue of how Community Standards around hate
>> speech are evaluated and to ensure best practices represent the interests
>> of our coalition.
>>
>> For details regarding Facebook’s response, please visit here<https://www.facebook.com/notes/facebook-safety/controversial-harmful-and-hateful-speech-on-facebook/574430655911054>
>> .
>>
>> Facebook has already been a leader on the internet in addressing hate
>> speech on its service. We believe that this is the foundation for an
>> effective working collaboration designed to confront gender-based hate
>> speech effectively. Our mutual intent is to create safe spaces, both on and
>> off-line. We see this as a vital and essential component to the valuable
>> work that Facebook is doing to address cyber-bulling, harassment and real
>> harm.
>>
>> “It is because Facebook has committed to having policies to address these
>> issues that we felt it was necessary to take these actions and press for
>> that commitment to fully recognize how the real world safety gap
>> experienced by women globally is dynamically related to our online lives,”
>> explains Soraya Chemaly.
>>
>> “We have been inspired and moved beyond expression by the outpouring of
>> energy, creativity and support for this campaign from communities,
>> companies and individuals around the world. It is a testament to the
>> strength of public feeling behind these issues.” says Laura Bates, founder
>> of the Everyday Sexism Project.
>>
>> Jaclyn Friedman, executive director of Women Action and the Media (WAM!),
>> said: “We are reaching an international tipping point in attitudes towards
>> rape and violence against women. We hope that this effort stands as a
>> testament to the power of collaborative action.”
>>
>> We are hopeful that this moment will mark an historic transition in
>> relation to media and women’s rights in which Facebook is acknowledged as a
>> leader in fostering safer, genuinely inclusive online communities, setting
>> industry precedents for others to follow.We look forward to collaborating
>> with these communities on actions both big and small until we live in a
>> world that’s safe and just for women and girls, and for everyone.
>>
>>
>> --
>> --------------------
>> Jarrah Hodge
>> @jarrahpenguin
>> http://gender-focus.com
>> --------------------
>>
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