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Related: About this forumBarrier Breakers 2016: A Project of Correct The Record
Task force will help Clinton supporters push back on online harassment and thanksuperdelegates
Anonymous online attacks, from both sides of the political spectrum, have sought to spread lies and misleading narratives about Secretary Hillary Clinton. Hillarys supporters are more enthusiastic than Sen. Bernie Sanders supporters, yet oftentimes are discouraged from engaging online and are often afraid to voice their thoughts because of the fear of online harassment. Many of Hillary Clintons female supporters in particular have been subject to intense cyber-bullying and sexist attacks from swarms of anonymous attackers.
Among the many Hillary Clinton supporters attacked online, superdelegates have been subject to vicious attacks for supporting her. Even the director of MoveOn, which has endorsed Sen. Sanders, denounced this harassment.
In response to these attacks on supporters and superdelegates, Correct The Record is launching the Barrier Breakers 2016 digital task force. While Hillary Clinton fights to break down barriers and bring America together, the Barrier Breakers 2016 digital task force will serve as a resource for supporters looking for positive content and push-back to share with their online progressive communities, as well as thanking prominent supporters and committed superdelegates on social media.
Correct The Record will invest more than $1 million into Barrier Breakers 2016 activities, including the more than tripling of its digital operation to engage in online messaging both for Secretary Clinton and to push back against attackers on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, and Instagram. Barrier Breakers 2016 is a project of Correct The Record and the brainchild of David Brock, and the task force will be overseen by President of Correct The Record Brad Woodhouse and Digital Director Benjamin Fischbein. The task force staffs backgrounds are as diverse as the community they will be engaging with and include former reporters, bloggers, public affairs specialists, designers, Ready for Hillary alumni, and Hillary super fans who have led groups similar to those with which the task force will organize.
Read More: http://correctrecord.org/barrier-breakers-2016-a-project-of-correct-the-record/
Excellent new sites have sprung up as safe havens for Hillary supporters. I belong to two. They are both lifesavers for many of us. I must say they are growing rapidly.
Hillary 2016~ Tuesday is a few hours away....
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Barrier Breakers 2016: A Project of Correct The Record (Original Post)
sheshe2
Apr 2016
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IamMab
(1,359 posts)1. As long as it is focused on positive support for Hillary Clinton, I'm all for this.
I hope they know what kind of negative pushback they're going to get from Bernie's Revolution Media team.
sheshe2
(83,853 posts)2. I sounds pretty positive to me.
fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)3. K&R (Barrier Breakers)
Haveadream
(1,630 posts)4. So glad Hillary is doing this!