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Celebrities like Kim Kardashian West, Gal Gadot, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Robert Downey Jr and Leonardo DiCaprio are among celebrities taking part in a 24-hour Instagram “freeze” to protest against what they say is parent company Facebook's failure to tackle violent and hateful content and election misinformation. They were among the high profile names lending their backing to the “#StopHateforProfit” movement's latest campaign. The movement asks people to put up a message highlighting what they called the damage Facebook does but otherwise refrain from posting on Instagram for a day. With 188 million followers, Kim Kardashian West is one of the most influential people on Instagram and support from her and other big names for the boycott saw Facebook shares slide in aftermarket trading. Facebook declined to comment but pointed to recent announcements about what it's doing to limit the reach on its platform of groups that support violence and its efforts to protect the US election in November. The organisers behind “#StopHateforProfit," including civil rights groups such as the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP and Color Of Change, had previously led a campaign that got hundreds of companies and groups to join a Facebook advertising boycott in July. Ashton Kutcher, Mark Ruffalo, Kerry Washington, Rosario Dawson, Jamie Foxx and Sacha Baron Cohen were among other Hollywood stars supporting the campaign, the organizers said. DiCaprio said he was standing with the civil rights groups to call “on all users of Instagram and Facebook to protest the amplification of hate, racism, and the undermining of democracy on those platforms.” Social media companies, led by Facebook, are facing a reckoning over what critics call indefensible excuses for amplifying divisions, hate and misinformation on their platforms. (All photos: Instagram)
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2/25
Celebrities are posting this picture to participate in the '#StopHateforProfit' campaign .
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3/25
Selena Gomez shared a message that she sent to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg. She wrote, "Selena here, It's been a while since we sat down. We have a serious problem. @Facebook and @Instagram are being used to spread hate, misinformation, racism, and bigotry. I am calling on you both to HELP STOP THIS. Please shut down groups and users focused on spreading hate speech violence and misinformation. Our future depends on it. This is an election year. We cannot afford to have misinformation about voting. There has to be fact-checking and accountability. Hope to hear back from you ASAP."
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4/25
“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,” Kim Kardashian posted on her Instagram account.
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5/25
Robert Downey Jr wrote, "It's time to stop hate, bigotry, and disinformation. Freeze Instagram today with me. #StopHateForProfit."
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