570,915 people call on Facebook to stop censoring activists
!
A dozen organizations (logos below) asked their members to sign the below petitions to Facebook
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Petitions about Korryn Gaines: 1. From SumOfUs TO: Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg Clarify Facebook's position in censoring Korryn Gaines’s profile and stop this dangerous precedent of censoring users at the request of the police. 2. From joint petition with 18MillionRising.org, Center for Media Justice, Daily Kos, Demand Progress, Presente.org, and National LGBTQ Task Force To Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Explain what happened that caused Facebook to shut down Korryn Gaines’ account, and fully restore it. Clarify Facebook’s position on collaborating with police and law enforcement to censor data and video. And institute a policy regarding the censorship of content and video that protects individual civil liberties and is transparent and accountable to the public. Petitions about censorship more broadly: 1. From Color of Change To Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg: Deactivating the social media accounts of people at the request of police sets a dangerous precedent. If Facebook continues to comply with police requests to suspend social media broadcasts and accounts, it will rob us of our voices and our narratives and it will shield police violence from the public. As the CEO of Facebook, we demand you direct your company to stop censoring users at the request of the police. 2. From SumOfUs TO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Commit to basic journalistic principles of transparency, free speech and human rights! 3. From joint petition with 18MillionRising.org, CREDO, Center for Media Justice, Corporate Accountability International, Courage Campaign, Daily Kos, Demand Progress, Free Press, People Demanding Action, People's Action, Presente.org, and SierraRise Dear Mark Zuckerberg, When Facebook unilaterally censors user content that depicts police brutality at the request of the authorities, it sets a dangerous precedent that further hurts and silences marginalized communities, particularly communities of color.
With the safety check-in feature, profile solidarity filters, and in countless speeches, you present Facebook’s value of human life at the center of its public-facing image. However, Facebook’s repeated silencing of marginalized communities that attempt to make their stories and struggles known proves otherwise. That is why we request that Facebook clarify its policy on removing video and other content, especially human rights documentation, at the request of government actors. Specifically, we urge Facebook to: 1. Make policies about how Facebook makes decisions to censor content clear and accessible to the public. 2. Create a public appeals platform where users can appeal content censored by Facebook. 3. Undergo an external audit on the equity and human rights outcomes of your Facebook Live and content censorship and data sharing policies. Then institute a task force for implementing the recommendations of the audit. 4. Refuse to disclose customer content and data to third party agencies unless required to by law.
