Gather a mob and Facebook will now let you make political demands. Tomorrow Facebook will encounter a slew of fresh complexities with the launch of Community Actions, its News Feed petition feature. Community Actions could unite neighbors to request change from their local and national elected officials and government agencies. But it could also provide […]
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ACLU petitions Amazon to stop selling surveillance technology to the government
The American Civil Liberties Union is delivering a petition to Amazon’s Seattle headquarters today with more than 150,000 signatures. They are requesting for Amazon to stop providing the government with facial recognition technology.
“Amazon has ente…
Over 26,000 people sign petition to change the word ‘No’ to ‘Yesn’t’
If your brain already hurts from the Yanny/Laurel drama, get ready for the next way to butcher the English language: changing “no” to “yesn’t.”
A Change.org petition to change the word “no” to “yesn’t” was posted on Tuesday. Since then, it’s ga…
There’s currently no interracial couple emoji. Tinder wants to change that.
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Emoji have evolved faster than any other language in history. But, one thing that’s lagged behind is the ability to represent everyone.
One community that’s still not represented at all by these tiny glyphs is interracial couples, and Tinder wants to do something about that.
The dating app has created a Change.org petition urging the Unicode Consortium — the organization in charge of our emoji — to create an emoji that represents interracial couples.
“There’s an emoji for everything. Well, almost everything,” declares Tinder in a video to accompany its #representlove emoji campaign. “Isn’t it time emoji represented all love?” Read more…
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View More There’s currently no interracial couple emoji. Tinder wants to change that.680K disgruntled Snapchatters have signed a petition to get rid of the new update
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The Snapchat redesign is proving rather controversial, to say the very least. Indeed, Chrissy Teigen’s already declared that she hates it, making us all feel far less alone.
And now, 680,000 people have signed a Change.org petition urging Snap Inc. to reverse its drastic redesign.
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The petition, created by Australia-based Nic Rumsey, aims to “convince” Snap Inc. to “change the app back to the basics,” and reverse its latest update.
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“With the release of the new Snapchat update, many users have found that it has not made the app easier to use, but has in fact made many features more difficult,” reads the petition description. “There is a general level of annoyance among users and many have decided to use a VPN app to go back to the old Snapchat, as that’s how annoying this new update has become.” Read more…
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View More 680K disgruntled Snapchatters have signed a petition to get rid of the new updateOver 100,000 people sign petition calling on FCC chairman Ajit Pai to resign
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We knew it was likely, but that hasn’t made it any more popular.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to kill net neutrality Thursday, ushering in an era of new power for internet providers.
Now people are calling for the head of the FCC’s head.
An online petition demanding the resignation of Ajit Pai, the organization’s chairman, pulled in over 100,000 names by Friday, just over 24 hours after the vote. The page at MoveOn.org blames Pai for “ignoring millions of complaints about removing net neutrality and for impeding freedom of speech on the internet” and demands he step aside. Read more…
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View More Over 100,000 people sign petition calling on FCC chairman Ajit Pai to resign