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Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting is just 3 days away -- and we're going to Seattle, Washington to force it to ditch Breitbart (A.K.A. Trump News) in person.
With our partners, we want to reach 1 million signatures before the AGM. Can you add your name and share with your friends now?
Sign the petitionDear A,
We just hit a major milestone: 2,000 companies have now ditched Breitbart (A.K.A. Trump News)!
And here's more good news in case you missed it: because of your pressure, phone calls and tweets, we got e-commerce giant Shopify and online comment platform Disqus to adopt hate speech policies! The policies aren't perfect -- but they are progress and proof that your pressure works.
Now, with Amazon's annual shareholder meeting just 3 days away, we need your help to force Amazon to ditch Breitbart.
Amazon is already contemplating ditching Breitbart: thanks to your pressure and pressure from Amazon employees, Amazon is looking into solutions that could block Amazon ads from showing up on sites like Breitbart in the future. So a bit more pressure at this critical moment could finally force Amazon's hand.
Click here to sign the petition to Amazon now.
With our amazing coalition partners, we’re planning a major petition delivery at Amazon's AGM on Tuesday -- and it's going to be big. With investors, shareholders and the press watching, Amazon won't be able to ignore us.
This campaign being led by our fearless partners, The Sleeping Giants and you is so inspiring -- and it's working. A report from Fox News said our campaign is hurting Breitbart’s bottom line, and Breitbart is facing holdups in its plans to expand into country after country.
A: you are one of the reasons why.
SumOfUs members outside Shopify's headquarters in Canada before it announced its updated acceptable usage policy.
All of this incredible momentum in this campaign is because of you, A. And there’s so much more to come. But before the AGM in 3 days, we need to have as many signatures as possible so Amazon knows it has to ditch hate.
Click here to sign the petition to Amazon now.
Thanks for all you do,
Emma, Reem, Angus, Fatah and the SumOfus team
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P.S. In case you missed it, here’s is just some of the coverage from the campaign:
Fast Company Yahoo Finance
Buzzfeed National Observer
Business Insider The Independent
Huffington Post The Independent
Newsweek CNBC
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In days, over 200 corporations including BMW, T-Mobile and Kelloggs have pulled ads from "Trump News", AKA Breitbart News.
Right now, pressure is building on Amazon to stop investing in hate, and a massive global outcry can force it to act now.
Tell Amazon: stop investing in hate.
Sign the petitionA,
Breitbart News, the extreme far right news website that helped elect Donald Trump, is trying to fast-track a global expansion starting with France and Germany in time for key elections in early 2017.
But Breitbart can only go ahead with its global expansion if it has the money to do so.
Here's where we come in: people power has already forced 200 corporations including BMW, Deutsche Telekom (that owns T-Mobile) and Kelloggs to drop Breitbart — and now, we are going to force Amazon to follow suit.
Amazon is receiving loads of online pressure already -- and if we add our voices from across the planet now, we can make sure it can't ignore us anymore.
Tell Amazon: stop investing in hate. Pull your advertising from Breitbart now. Breitbart spits the most hateful stuff you’ve ever heard — everything from attacks on LGBTQ+ folks to claiming that contraception makes women "sluts”. Breitbart's hatred and vitriol may even directly violate Amazon's own principles around acceptable advertising. Amazon's own policy states: it will not tolerate "[c]ontent that is threatening, abusive, harassing, hateful, or that incites violence or intolerance, or that advocates or discriminates against a protected group, whether based on race, color, national origin, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age or other category."A powerful grassroots campaign is gaining traction through social media pushing companies to pull advertising from Breitbart. And it’s working. Already over 200 corporations have pulled out of Breitbart, and the list is growing by the day. Together, we can add Amazon to that list.
SumOfUs members are fighting hatred and discrimination worldwide. With massive public pressure, we’re going to force corporations to take responsibility for how they advertise, and will keep up our fight to stop Breitbart’s global expansion. Let's come together to make Amazon stop advertising with Breitbart, and show the world that people power trumps hate. Join us in demanding Amazon pull its advertising from Breitbart.
Thanks for all that you do,
Emma and the rest of the SumOfUs team
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More information:
Breitbart News prompts more advertisers, including BMW and T-Mobile parent, to yank ads, LA Times, 7 December 2016
Sleeping Giants Twitter account, Accessed 12 December 2016.
Amazon Advertising, Creative Acceptance Policy, Accessed 12 December 12 2016.
Steve Bannon: appointment of 'white nationalist' must be reversed, critics declare, The Guardian, 15 November 2016
Breitbart News pushes deeper into Europe, The Economist, 10 December 2016.
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