Culture
Facebook moms call for Georgia school board member to resign after he said “China Virus”
“Your racist, xenophobic dog whistle has ZERO place in our education system…”
Airbnb is about to opt users into a system that scrutinizes their data for racial bias
The program starts on August 31 and users will be opted in automatically.
Jack Dorsey donates $10M to “anti-racist” group who want to change the US Constitution
The controversial group has been talked about often in recent weeks.
Robert J. O’Neill banned by Delta after posting maskless selfie tweet
Robert J. O’Neill, the ex-Navy SEAL, wrote that his anti-mask tweet was a joke.
Netflix apologizes for poster of movie that sexualizes children, hasn’t commented on the movie itself
Many Netflix customers are wondering how the movie got made.
School parts ways with swimming coach after his comments about Black Lives Matter on Facebook
Tim Damico isn’t the first and won’t be the last.
Atlanta police chief resigns after Facebook post about Black Lives Matter
The police chief of Johns Creek, Atlanta, Chris Byers, now adds to the unending list of individuals who have lost their livelihood after posting their personal opinions on social media. Byers was made to resign officially on Tuesday after a settlement was agreed upon between the city’s police d
NBA photographer fired after posting Kamala Harris meme
Another job lost over sharing a popular meme.
Titania McGrath, popular parody account, restricted by Twitter
The account is hidden behind a warning notice and its tweets now show as “unavailable” in some circumstances.
Granite City School District fires assistant coach without hearing over Black Lives Matter Facebook comments
Another case of people getting fired for their opinion.
Stockton student who was reprimanded for Facebook post has 5 of 6 charges dropped
One more charge left to drop.
High school counselor who was fired for criticizing students that skipped class to protest loses appeal
Like with many other cases, local backlash in response to what she posted online led to the firing.