Jun 29, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 29, 2020 CONTACT: LaToya Foster (EOM) – (202) 727-5011; latoya.foster@dc.gov Jessica Carroll (DMPED) – (202) 550-6845; jessica.carroll@dc.gov Marc Banks (NAACP) – (404) 849-3189; dbanks@naacpnet.org (WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor...
Jun 27, 2020
On June 25, 2020, the U.S. House of Representative strongly supported H.R. 7120, the “George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.” This comprehensive bill passed by a margin of 236 yeas to 181 nays and has been sent to the US Senate for consideration. Among other things,...
Jun 27, 2020
The NAACP released the following statement regarding Facebook’s announcement regarding their new policies to combat disinformation and hate speech: “The NAACP is concerned with Facebook’s recent tone-deaf response to the growing outcry over its platform’s inaction...
Jun 26, 2020
WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and leading civil rights groups issued the following statement on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s latest policy announcement on hate speech and voter disinformation: “While we welcome any progress in...
Jun 26, 2020
On June 17th, we asked companies to act against hate and disinformation being spread by Facebook in our campaign Stop Hate for Profit. We asked advertisers to temporarily pause advertising on Facebook and Instagram in order to force Mark Zuckerberg to address the...
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