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"Amid this global movement to end anti-Blackness, we credit these companies for answering our call swiftly and taking a clear stand for what's right so we can hold Facebook accountable for its racist policies," said Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, which is one of the groups organizing the boycott.
Almost 100 firms have joined the boycott so far, Robinson said, adding: "Facebook has a decision to make: adopt a civil rights infrastructure or continue to see key advertisers dropping from its platform."
[...] Most recently, the tension between Facebook and the content its users share has come to a head due to messages posted by President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign in the past month, amid nationwide protests in support of Black communities and against police violence. Twitter in late May took action against a Trump tweet by appending a warning that it glorified violence against protesters, in contravention of the site's rules. Facebook, however, took no action against the same content, and the company took heat from both civil rights advocates and employees over that choice.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Thexalon on Sunday June 28 2020, @12:46AM (2 children)
Who is the proletariat? A significant majority of the population.
Who is supposed to be in charge in a democracy? A significant majority of the population.
And yes, Engels did advocate violent revolution ... in countries controlled by monarchies and totalitarian regimes. Revolt against Czar Nicholas or Emperor Franz Josef is a very different position than advocating the violent overthrow of, say, Boris Johnson.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Sunday June 28 2020, @01:08AM
Well that's the nice thing about countries with democratic systems. Why bother violently overthrowing Boris Johnson when you can simply get people to vote him out of power? In a totalitarian regime, you don't have that option.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 28 2020, @02:26AM
The idea of a democratic socialism has existed since the days of Babeuf but it's now primarily promoted by the bourgeois. There's a real problem with too many "elites", over-educated and entitled people for whom no social roles exist. These are the people pushing Marxism and they're openly hostile to the proletariat - "go pull down a statue but don't dare open a business". Is violent revolution by the proletariat against the bourgeois Marxists justified?