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As keen philanthropists and campaigners for social justice causes from female education to climate change the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are no doubt invested in holding powerful corporations accountable for their ethical decisions. And now it seems that Facebook has become an object of the couples efforts, following new reports that they are seeking to target firms to help a Facebook boycott.

The Times reports that Prince Harry and Meghan asked the organisers of an advertising boycott against Facebook which brands they could help target. The couple are said to have offered their support to the Stop Hate for Profit campaign last weekend, seeking to aid them in calling for the urgent and pressing need for reform and advocating structural changes to the online world.

The initiatives website explains that the campaign is asking all businesses to stand in solidarity with our most deeply held American values of freedom, equality and justice and not advertise on Facebooks services [Facebook and its sister site Instagram] in July. The call comes after Facebook allowed incitement to violence against protesters fighting for racial justice in America in the wake of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks and so many others, following Facebooks apparent endorsement of output from publications that have records of working with known white nationalists.

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Stop Hate for Profit alleges that Facebook turned a blind eye to blatant voter suppression on their platform, failed to protect and support Black users, to call out Holocaust denial as hate or to help get out the vote. Because 99% of Facebooks $70 billion is made through advertising, the initiative is calling on advertisers to send Facebook a powerful message: Your profits will never be worth promoting hate, bigotry, racism, antisemitism and violence. The Times reports that the campaign has attracted the support of over 160 brands, including major names like Coca-Cola, Levis, Diageo and Unilever.

Common Sense Media is a charity that promotes safe technology and media for children and one of the organisations behind the campaign. Its CEO and Founder Jim Steyer told the Times that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had reached out to him over email to ask how they could help. Professor Steyer, who teaches about civil rights and civil liberties at Stanford University, stated: Harry and Meghan, they came to us. They endorsed Stop Hate for Profit. They wrote to me saying: Which companies can we help target? They have jumped on board. They reached out to us personally and said we want to be part of this movement... they are outspoken advocates of Stop Hate for Profit and we appreciate that.

As well as Common Sense Media, fellow partners organising the Stop Hate for Profit campaign include US-based civil rights groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Color of Change and the Anti-Defamation League.

The Times alleges that one strand of Harry and Meghans forthcoming charitable foundation, Archewell, will be addressing online hate speech, according to an unnamed source. Professor Steyer added: We are gratified that they have spoken out. This is a multiracial couple that has dealt with hate speech and racist statements, so the fact they want to be part of the Stop Hate for Profit movement is terrific, and now they are thinking of their own kids.

The Duke and Duchess reportedly declined to comment when contacted by the paper.

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