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The Daily

How Facebook Is Undermining Black Lives Matter

The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have come out in support of Black Lives Matter and its mission. But are their platforms undermining the movement for racial justice? Guest: Kevin Roose, who covers technology, business and culture for The Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily Background reading: Kevin Roose explains why shows of support for Black Lives Matter from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don’t address the way racists and partisan provocateurs have weaponized the platforms.

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0:00.0

In the summer of 2014, Michael Brown and unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by Darren

0:08.4

Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, and for weeks.

0:14.9

I said it died!

0:16.9

Come back, Sinekkela got to jail!

0:19.8

There were protests in Ferguson and across the country, and social media really became

0:25.4

the primary organizing tool for the Black Lives Matter movement.

0:34.0

And back in 2014, if you remember, you would go on Twitter or Facebook and almost every

0:39.8

post in your feed or most of the posts in your feed, would be some sort of call to action.

0:49.2

People posting the Black Lives Matter hashtag, people sort of organizing support and supplies

0:55.1

and financial donations for this emerging civil rights movement.

1:00.7

Right, and it feels like we're in a very similar moment right now.

1:08.8

So what do things look like on a Facebook, for instance, at this moment?

1:14.9

Well, they look a little different.

1:17.7

All lives matter.

1:19.5

It's overwhelmingly posts that oppose Black Lives Matter.

1:23.1

You gotta explain this to people.

1:26.6

All lives matter.

1:29.0

Calling it a racist movement.

1:30.9

The Black Lives Matter Foundation is apparently preparing for a quote, war on police.

1:37.3

Black Lives Matter is the con of the century and a sham.

1:41.2

We go find out how many liberals have contributed.

1:45.7

Some could have possibly orchestrated.

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