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Celebrities have announced that they will freeze their Instagram and Facebook accounts today for 24 hours over claims that the platforms allow hate, propaganda and misinformation to spread.
According to Kim Kardashian, the Stop Hate For Profit initiative the platforms undermine democracy and profiting off allowing hate groups and pages to use their sites. The protest demands Facebook, which owns Instagram, ban pages that promote hate, forbid any event page with a call to arms, and remove election misinformation.
"I love that I can connect directly with you through Instagram and Facebook, but I can’t sit by and stay silent while these platforms continue to allow the spreading of hate, propaganda and misinformation - created by groups to sow division and split America apart – only to take steps after people are killed. Misinformation shared on social media has a serious impact on our elections and undermines our democracy. Please join me tomorrow when I will be “freezing” my Instagram and FB account to tell Facebook to #StopHateForProfit. Link in bio for more info on how to preserve truth." Kim posted
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The campaign accuses the platforms of benefiting and profiting from the cry of many whose democracy has been affected.
The protest demands Facebook, which owns Instagram to ban pages that promote hate, forbid any event page with a call to arms, and remove election misinformation.
Here is a list of celebrities who have vowed to joined Kim Kardashian in the boycott:
1. Ashton Kutcher
2. Olivia Wilde
3. Leonardo DiCaprio
4. Jamie Foxx
5. Sacha Baron Cohen
6. Michael B. Jordan
7. Jennifer Lawrence
8. Mark Ruffalo
9. Kerry Washington
10. Naomi Campbell
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11. Katy Perry
12. Amy Schumer
13. Ed Helmes
14. Isla Fisher
15. Jason Alexander
16. Kate Hudson
17. Olivia Wilde and others.
Kardashian is the seventh most followed person on Instagram with 188 million followers and she has more than 30 million fans on Facebook. Do her influence will be felt worldwide.
