Kim Kardashian joins the Facebook and Instagram boycott campaign

Kim Kardashian joined dozens of celebrities who announced that their social media accounts were frozen in protest against the spread of “hate and disinformation”.

The move is part of the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign launched by human rights activists.

Celebrities will freeze their accounts for 24 hours on Wednesday.

“I cannot remain silent while these platforms continue to allow the spread of hate and disinformation – launched by groups to sow division and divide the United States,” Kardashian said.

She added that spreading disinformation on social media “has a serious impact on our elections and undermines our democracy.”

Other celebrities joining the boycott campaign include Leonardo DiCaprio, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jennifer Lawrence and Katy Perry, who said on her Instagram account, “I can’t sit idly by while these platforms turn a blind eye to groups and posts that spread obnoxious false information.”

Actor Ashton Kutcher, who tracks millions of accounts, joined the campaign, saying, “These tools were not made to spread hate and violence.”

Campaign organizers accuse Facebook and Instagram of not doing enough to stop the spread of hate speech and disinformation.

The campaign focused on Facebook, which also owns the Instagram platform and WhatsApp, which last year generated nearly $ 70 billion in advertising revenue.

Thousands of major companies and organizations working in the field of civil rights are participating in the campaign.

And Facebook released in June that the company would place a warning on posts that are potentially harmful or misleading according to their news value.

The company’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, said the platform would prohibit advertisements that contain allegations of threatening “people of a certain race, nationality, religious affiliation, sect, sexual orientation, gender identity or immigration status” to others.

He wrote in a statement that the 2020 elections were heading “to be hot,” adding that his company “will take extra precautions to keep everyone safe and informed.”

Facebook shares fell clearly after the boycott campaign, and media reported that Zuckerberg’s net worth fell to $ 7.2 billion.

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