NAACP president calls Facebook a 'threat to democracy,' says ad boycott isn't dying down soon

[Nevilledog]

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/naacp-president-calls-facebook-threat-democracy-ad-boycott/story?id=71695281&cid=clicksource_4380645_6_film_strip_icymi_hed


Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP and one of the leaders of the ongoing Facebook ad boycott, called the social media giant a "threat to democracy" and said that they won't back down until the platform is safe for everyone.

"Facebook is allowing their platform to be used as a gathering point to meet, recruit and plan out harm against communities," Johnson told ABC News. "They've also allowed their platform to be manipulated by a foreign nation and domestic actors to suppress and subvert our voting process and democracy."

"That is a clear and present danger to our democracy," Johnson said.

"The NAACP was started in 1909, in response to a race riot in Springfield, Illinois, and the founders of the organization have stated very clearly that we cannot have a true democracy if we allow for this type of mob violence," he added, accusing Facebook of allowing the same violence "to breed on the platform."

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[empedocles]

1. Moscow mark, not wavering according to reports.

Suspect the general public facebook user is generally unaware

[Wawannabe]

2. Kicking this July 2020 OP

In light of Tim Cook/FB story.
Gonna be kickin up a few more boycott posts too.

Time for people to REALLY EXAMINE their use of (and support for) Zuckerberg and FaceBook.

Really. Examine it! If you boycott Goya and use FB. Examine use/support of FB.

If you boycott Publix and use FB. Examine use and support of FB.

If you boycott... and use FB...