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The mysterious group thats picking Breitbart apart, one tweet at a timeHardly anyone paid attention last November when a strangely named Twitter account, Sleeping Giants, sent its first tweet into the digisphere. Are you aware that youre advertising on Breitbart, the alt-rights biggest champion, today? read the tweet, aimed at a consumer lending outfit called Social Finance. Are you supporting them publicly? Within 30 minutes, Social Finance replied, tweeting that it would stop running ads on Breitbart.
It was, it turns out, the start of an odd, and oddly effective, social media campaign against Breitbart, the influential conservative news site headed by Stephen K. Bannon, President Trumps former campaign chairman and ex-chief White House strategist.
Sleeping Giants is a mysterious group that has no address, no organizational structure and no officers. At least none that are publicly known. All of its leaders are anonymous, and much of what it claims is difficult to independently verify. A spokesman for the group wouldnt identify himself in interviews for this article.
But the group does have a singular purpose, pursued as relentlessly as Ahab chasing a whale: It aims to drive advertisers away from Breitbart. Were trying to defund bigotry, the spokesman says.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-mysterious-group-thats-picking-breitbart-apart-one-tweet-at-a-time/2017/09/22/df1ee0c0-9d5c-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html?utm_term=.e789f84e9276#comments
HAB911
(8,904 posts)I hadn't seen that.
There are two message boards at Amazon that have been quite active for months now, yet no one can get Amazon to respond in any way. They don't respond to emails or petitions.
https://www.amazon.com/forum/complaints/ref=cm_cd_notf_reply?_encoding=UTF8&cdForum=Fx3AIHNUJL58YVF&cdPage=85&cdShowEdit=Mx2GBVHZFZE4GN&cdThread=TxAC51V7JGZNDT#Mx2GBVHZFZE4GN
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)UtahLib
(3,179 posts)physioex
(6,890 posts)Breitbart is funded by Robert Mercer and is motivated by ideology not profit. Best of luck with this......
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)They do have access to funds, but this brings Breitbart to the attention of a lot more people, as well as making advertisers aware of the situation.
physioex
(6,890 posts)I just want you to be aware of the challenges we are up against
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)We live in very challenging times and always have to be on guard.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)an extension on Chrome. When you shop on Amazon, it will show other suppliers for the item that you are shopping for and gives you a price history on the item. I already bought something that was in my "saved cart" from someone else.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)I'm a great admirer of these people.
I love how they are doing this.
Old Vet
(2,001 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)It really jumped out at me the first time I saw it.
mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)PatSeg
(47,501 posts)what some thought Anonymous was a couple years ago. Its probably better to have a real name, so troublemakers don't claim to be you, as with Anonymous.
mountain grammy
(26,624 posts)thanks for the post!
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)I started following them on Facebook today. Really cool people.
jcmaine72
(1,773 posts)By hook or by crook, they need to be put out of business permanently.
PatSeg
(47,501 posts)If not put out of business, at least made irrelevant.
UTUSN
(70,711 posts)Sorry, that is a face that would curdle milk.