{"id":2375,"date":"2025-01-16T17:45:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T22:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T17:38:33","slug":"join-the-boycottmeta-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/join-the-boycottmeta-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the #BoycottMeta Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Look, we know it is hard, for individuals, organizations, and businesses to cut the META cord. <\/strong><strong>But for us on our collective platform, staying with META is unconscionable. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>#EnoughisEnough<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>We hope you will join us and the #BoycottMeta Movement<br \/>\nand delete your Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp accounts&#8230;<br \/>\n(<a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrabcollective.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and join us on BLUESKY!<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY NOW?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/11\/tech\/meta-trump-donation-hnk-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1,000,000 for Trump&#8217;s Inauguration Fund<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/meta-facts-trump-musk-community-notes-413b8495939a058ff2d25fd23f2e0f43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giving up on Factchecking on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-zuckerberg-inaugural-reception-gop-billionaire-donors-bb9663cc352b78d89ec927fe65d334bd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hosting an inauguration party for Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Enough said.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(but if you need more reasons, scroll down to BETTER LATE THAN NEVER)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SPEAK UP<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>PETITION: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/boycott-meta-facebook-instagram-and-whatsapp-stop-allowing-hate-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boycott Meta (Facebook), Instagram, and WhatsApp: Stop Allowing Hate Speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SPEAK UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/civicshout.com\/p\/denounce-meta-s-dangerous-decision-to-stop-fact-checking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denounce Meta\u2019s Dangerous Decision to Stop Fact-Checking<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HOW TO DELETE YOUR ACCOUNTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meta doesn&#8217;t make it easy but here are quick links to help you delete you Facebook, Instagram and Whatsap accounts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>DELETE FACEBOOK:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/224562897555674\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/224562897555674\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solveyourtech.com\/how-to-permanently-delete-a-facebook-account-a-step-by-step-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.solveyourtech.com\/how-to-permanently-delete-a-facebook-account-a-step-by-step-guide\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>DELETE INSTAGRAM:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/139886812848894\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/help\/139886812848894\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/how-to-delete-your-instagram-account-130017501.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/how-to-delete-your-instagram-account-130017501.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>DELETE WHATSAPP<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/faq.whatsapp.com\/2138577903196467\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/faq.whatsapp.com\/2138577903196467\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/apps\/how-to\/permenatly-delete-your-whatsapp-account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pcguide.com\/apps\/how-to\/permenatly-delete-your-whatsapp-account\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>BETTER LATE THAN NEVER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2020, our friends at Charleston Good deleted their Facebook &amp; Instagram accounts. Here are some of the reasons they &#8220;decided to pull the plug on Facebook for good\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Facebook is a threat to our public health, to our civic life and to our democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-employees-become-critics-2019-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">12 former Facebook insiders who ditched the company and are now outspoken critics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/06\/12\/joanna-hoffman-facebook-is-peddling-an-addictive-drug-called-anger.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joanna Hoffman, the former right-hand woman of Steve Jobs, says Facebook is \u2018peddling in an addictive drug called anger\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/facebook-doesn-t-care-activists-say-accounts-removed-despite-zuckerberg-n1231110\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Facebook doesn\u2019t care\u2019: Activists say accounts removed despite Zuckerberg\u2019s free-speech stance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2020\/jun\/06\/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-trump-scientists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More than 140 Zuckerberg-funded scientists call on Facebook to rein in Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/facebook-says-free-speech-protects-trump-but-company-bans-activists-2020-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Human rights activists banned from Facebook say that Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s \u2018free speech\u2019 approach to Trump\u2019s posts rings hollow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-switch\/wp\/2017\/12\/12\/former-facebook-vp-says-social-media-is-destroying-society-with-dopamine-driven-feedback-loops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Former Facebook VP says social media is destroying society with \u2018dopamine-driven feedback loops\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/4\/12\/17215142\/facebook-negative-impact-society-mark-zuckerberg-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Many believe Facebook is having a negative impact on society around the world<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2020\/06\/11\/facebook-workplace-unionize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook Pitched New Tool Allowing Employers to Suppress Words Like \u201cUnionize\u201d in Workplace Chat Product<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/09\/opinion\/sunday\/chris-hughes-facebook-zuckerberg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s Time to Break up Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tesh.com\/articles\/heres-why-facebook-is-so-powerful\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here\u2019s Why Facebook Is So Powerful<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/08\/09\/scott-galloway-why-mark-zuckerberg-is-dangerous.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why \u2018Mark Zuckerberg is the most dangerous person in the world,\u2019 according to this NYU business professor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/swlh\/the-real-reason-facebook-is-evil-584a40a74483\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">If you\u2019re still considering whether or not to get off of Facebook, here\u2019s one good reason you should<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>But most importantly for us, Facebook is fostering racism and white supremacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtransparencyproject.org\/articles\/white-supremacist-groups-are-thriving-on-facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White Supremacist Groups Are Thriving on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2019\/nov\/21\/facebook-white-nationalists-ban-vdare-red-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White nationalists are openly operating on Facebook. The company won\u2019t act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigeasymagazine.com\/2020\/05\/18\/white-supremacists-post-with-impunity-opponents-punished-by-facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White Supremacists Post with Impunity; Opponents Punished by Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/act.freepress.net\/sign\/ctt_fb_ban_trump\/?source=website-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enough Is Enough. Facebook\u2019s Racism Needs to Stop \u2014 Take Action Today<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/a-dozen-anonymous-facebook-employees-allege-racism-within-companys-ranks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A Dozen Anonymous Facebook Employees Allege Racism Within Company\u2019s Ranks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/2019\/04\/24\/facebook-while-black-zucked-users-say-they-get-blocked-racism-discussion\/2859593002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook while black: Users call it getting \u2018Zucked,\u2019 say talking about racism is censored as hate speech<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/6\/17\/21294396\/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-philanthropy-education-george-floyd-petition-czi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More than 70 employees at Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s philanthropy say it needs to change how it deals with race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/civil-rights-groups-push-for-facebook-ad-boycott-11592379002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Civil Rights Groups Push for Facebook Ad Boycott<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/2020\/06\/22\/facebook-advertising-boycott-is-gaining-steam.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook\u2019s Advertising Boycott Is Gaining Steam<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/facebook-lets-advertisers-exclude-users-by-race\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Race<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2020\/04\/how-facebooks-ad-technology-helps-trump-win\/606403\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Facebook Works for Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/popular.info\/p\/facebook-runs-ad-from-congressional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook runs ad from Congressional candidate urging people to shoot \u201clooting hoards\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/businessesgrow.com\/2020\/06\/12\/hate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Facebook thinks hate is good for business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90511080\/facebook-had-a-design-to-flag-trumps-hate-speech-in-2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook had a design to flag Trump\u2019s hate speech . . . in 2016<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/6\/5\/21279319\/facebook-group-moderation-black-lives-matter-movement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook groups are falling apart over Black Lives Matter posts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/tech-news\/trump-hosted-zuckerberg-undisclosed-dinner-white-house-october-n1087986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump hosted Zuckerberg for undisclosed dinner at the White House in October<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/21\/business\/media\/facebook-donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What\u2019s Facebook\u2019s Deal With Donald Trump?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/6\/2\/21278405\/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-internal-employee-q-a-defend-moderate-trump-looting-shooting-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mark Zuckerberg on leaked audio: Trump\u2019s looting and shooting reference \u201chas no history of being read as a dog whistle\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/06\/facebook-fires-employee-protested-inaction-trump-posts-200613040215148.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook fires employee who protested against Trump post inaction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2020\/06\/mark-zuckerberg-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Week, Mark Zuckerberg Sided with Donald Trump. History Won\u2019t Forget It.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Let&#8217;s be #strongertogether<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>#BoycottFacebook #BoycottInstagram #BoycottWhatsApp<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>#deletefacebook #deleteinstagram #deletewhatsap<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluecrabcollective.bsky.social\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2219\" src=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BCC-FollowonBluesky.jpg\" alt=\"Join us on BLUESKY!\" width=\"285\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BCC-FollowonBluesky.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/BCC-FollowonBluesky-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>https:\/\/bluecrabcollective.bsky.social\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Look, we know it is hard, for individuals, organizations, and businesses to cut the META cord. But for us on our collective platform, staying with META is unconscionable. #EnoughisEnough We hope you will join us and the #BoycottMeta Movement and delete your Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp accounts&#8230; (and join us on BLUESKY!) WHY NOW? $1,000,000&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/join-the-boycottmeta-movement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Join the #BoycottMeta Movement&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,43,53,41,40,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-act-now","category-culture-lifestyle","category-global","category-news","category-politics","category-social-justice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2384,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375\/revisions\/2384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.growpurpose.com\/bluecrab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}