Labour MP Dawn Butler has thrown her weight behind a campaign to boycott the BBC for 24 hours today over the corporation’s use of the N-word in recent TV news reports. More than 18,000 people complained last month after a report by social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin on a suspected racially-motivated attack in Bristol saw … Read more
Channel Seven has received a wave of backlash over the decision to cast convicted drug mule Schapelle Corby in its new reality show SAS Australia. Social media erupted with criticism on Sunday following the announcement that Schapelle, 43, had joined the all-star cast, with some viewers even threatening to boycott the show altogether. Former My … Read more
A collective of over 100 black professionals have penned an open letter urging people to boycott the BBC in the wake of the recent use of the n-word in multiple broadcasts. The BBC received over 18,000 complaints when white historian Lucy Worsley used the offensive term just three days after social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin. … Read more
On June 17, Color Of Change along with the NAACP, ADL, Sleeping Giants, Free Press, and Common Sense Media authored an open letter asking corporations to cease advertising on Facebook for the month of July. These are the key figures behind those organizations: Rashad Robinson – Color of Change President Founded in the wake of … Read more
On June 17, Color Of Change along with the NAACP, ADL, Sleeping Giants, Free Press, and Common Sense Media authored an open letter asking corporations to cease advertising on Facebook for the month of July. These are the key figures behind those organizations: Rashad Robinson – Color of Change President Founded in the wake of … Read more
A key figure behind the Stop Hate for Profit initiative has said that Harry and Meghan have asked which brands they can ‘target’ in support of the movement. Stop Hate for Profit is calling on major companies to pull their advertising campaigns from Facebook until the social media giant takes action to stop the spread … Read more
A boycott of advertising on Facebook designed to get the social media platform to remove hate speech will next go global, say its organizers. The ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign will now work on getting European companies to join the boycott and urge regulators to take a hard stand on Facebook. More than 160 companies … Read more
Starbucks has suspended all of its advertising on social media platforms while Pepsi becomes the latest brand to join a boycott of Facebook as more entities in corporate America express their support for a crackdown on hate speech online. Starbucks Corp, the Seattle-based coffee chain, will pause advertising on all social media platforms as it … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are backing the campaign #StopHateForProfit, which is calling for major companies to pull their advertising campaigns from Facebook until the social media giant takes action to stop the spread of hate speech, civil rights group NAACP has confirmed. The Baltimore-based civil rights organization, which was founded in 1909, took to Twitter … Read more
Viewers have called for Maxine Peake to be boycotted after she shared an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about George Floyd’s death. Her remarks linking the American’s killing to the Israeli Secret Service was widely condemned and sparked a furore that saw Labour politician Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked. Last night there were calls for Peake, 45, to be … Read more