Derrick Johnson, the president of the NAACP and one of the leaders of the ongoing Facebook ad boycott, calls the social media giant a 'threat to democracy' and says that they won't back down until the platform is safe for everyone.
ad boycott, called the social media giant a"threat to democracy" and said that they won't back down until the platform is safe for everyone.
"The fact that they allow their platform to be manipulated by a foreign nation, Russia, to suppress Black votes and subvert democracy, that's an immediate threat to the Black community," he added, arguing that"the outcome of that election has caused the neglect of public policy that we're seeing now with the lack of response to deal with this health pandemic."
Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO and co-founder, controls 57.9% of the total voting shares of Facebook, according to a"The only thing that can be done at this juncture is to get the broader corporate community to stand with our groups and the American people, to raise the question as forcefully as possible that we need a new standard and we need guardrails on this platform to keep people safe and to protect our democracy," he said."That's not too much to ask of any company.
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson speaks onstage during the 51st NAACP Image Awards, on Feb. 22, 2020 in Pasadena, Calif.
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