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Following the deadly Charlottesville riots in 2017, the tech industry finally started to take real steps to address the spread of hate online and the ways their platforms are used to organize, fund and recruit for White-supremacist violence and other hateful activities.
But the industry needs to do more to protect people of color, women, LGBTQ people, religious minorities and other marginalized communities.
Sign our petition calling on tech companies to get serious about stopping online hate.
Today Free Press and our allies from groups including the Center for American Progress, Color Of Change, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Hispanic Media Coalition, and the Southern Poverty Law Center launched #ChangeTheTerms, a call for internet companies to stop the spread of hateful activities online by adopting stronger corporate policies and terms of service.
For the past year, Change the Terms has been working on a set of new corporate policies intended to help internet companies reduce hateful activities that are taking place and being organized on their platforms. By implementing and following these policies, tech companies can help stop the spread of hate via social media, web-hosting services and online financial transactions. We’ve shared these policies with tech giants like Facebook, Google and Twitter.
Now is the time for the tech industry to take a stand against hate on their platforms. Sign the petition urging tech companies to adopt and implement the comprehensive corporate policies put forward by Change the Terms.
Thanks for all that you do—
The Free Press team
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HAPPENING NOW: Civil-rights, anti-hate and open-internet organizations are introducing #ChangeTheTerms, a call for internet companies to stop the spread of hateful activities online by using recommended corporate policies and terms of service.
Tune in to watch Free Press and our allies talk at the launch of #ChangeTheTerms about how the tech industry can disrupt hate online. You’ll hear from Jessica J. González of Free Press, Henry Fernandez and Neera Tanden of the Center for American Progress, Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center and Brandi Collins-Dexter of Color Of Change. Over the past year, our organizations have met with experts on human rights, technology and terrorism around the world to gather insights about how hate groups organize violence and other hateful activities online and how tech companies can combat this.
Right now, we’re talking about our findings and introducing the recommended corporate policies and terms of service for disrupting hate online. Watch the livestream now.
Thanks for all that you do—
The Free Press team
freepress.net
P.S. Tune in to watch the launch of #ChangeTheTerms, a call for tech companies to stop the spread of hate movements online. |
