Let facebook know you are boycotting their site

Dear Facebook.

I am one of (..............) people who are boycotting your site for the next week in protest at your support of rapeculture pages. These pages such as "You know shes playing hard to get when your chasing her down an alleyway [sic]", "Abducting raping and killing your mate's girlfriend for a joke" and "push kicking sluts infront of trains" are odious and completely unacceptable. They advocate, trivialize and propagate rape culture. Many studies show that normalizing rape and sexual abuse leads to higher and more frequent instances of these crimes.

Facebook: you have defended such pages claiming that implied - or even explicitly stated - abuse, violence or rape counts as freedom of speech, rather than hate speech, despite worldwide petitions and heavy criticism from charities, Facebook users and advertisers.

Facebook: your response: "Groups or pages that express an opinion on a state, institution, or set of beliefs - even if that opinion is outrageous or offensive to some - do not by themselves violate our policies." is irresponsible. Sexual violence is not a state, an institution or a set of beliefs; it is a abhorrent crime that occurs daily to millions of people.

Facebook: by defending violent humor, you are defending perpetrators of this crime. It is also untrue that these pages do not violate your policies and I want to draw your attention to the following from your terms and conditions- THE CONTRACT between yourself and your users:

You will not bully, intimidate, or harass any user.
You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.
You will not facilitate or encourage any violations of this Statement.

It is obvious that many of these pages break the above terms however you have refused to remove this content. WHY?

Facebook: we have reported the offending pages which break your Ts and Cs and you have ignored us. We have reported individuals and comments which celebrate violence and often directly threaten us and you have ignored us. However, your tolerance of rapeculture will not be ignored. From Monday November 28th, 2011, we will not be using our accounts for 1 week in public protest. We choose this date because this is when companies really start advertising for the Christmas/holiday season. You are hurting women, victims of violence, and society at large. We want to hurt your pockets and your reputation and will continue in our fight until you listen to us- your users- your customers.


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