Facebook is knowingly harming kids — but state-run teachers’ pensions are
still bankrolling the platform.

If thousands of us push them to pull their money out, we can show Facebook
that it can’t keep hurting children with impunity.

[ [link removed] ] Sign the Petition! 

   
John,

We’ve all seen the news - Facebook’s platforms are a danger to children!

Yet state-run teacher pensions invest $3,000,000,000 in Facebook! 

Instagram is flooding kids' feeds with toxic posts, leaving millions of
young people feeling anxious, depressed, and even suicidal. Facebook knows
this but chooses profits instead of a fix.

Teachers spend their whole lives caring for kids, yet the managers in
charge of investing their retirement money keep bankrolling a platform
that’s destroying children's mental health. 

Others like the Los Angeles City Council are debating right now whether to
divest from Facebook. Here’s our chance to push these pension fund
managers to do the same!

[ [link removed] ]Sign to let them know - Funding Facebook is no way to fund our
educators' retirements!

From the Wall Street Journal to Senate hearings, we’ve seen evidence of
Facebook hurting kids -- and evidence that when he has the chance to
protect them, Mark Zuckerberg refuses.  

At SumOfUs, our own member backed research has shown how Facebook’s
Instagram pushes young girls to starvation diets, unnecessary surgery and
dangerous skin “whitening.” This is no surprise to Facebook but they do
not act. 

We can!

If thousands of us push these pension funds to pull their money out we can
send a clear message to Facebook that endangering a whole generation of
children comes with a cost.

Teachers’ pension funds are just one of Facebook’s many investors but they
are high-profile. If they act, we’ll have the ammunition we need to push
others to follow suit -- and then we’ll go from fund to fund persuading
them to divest until there’s no one left.

When colleges started divesting from fossil fuels, it caused a snowball
effect across the world. Let’s do the same now and show Facebook they
can’t keep harming our kids with impunity.

[ [link removed] ]Tell State Funds for Teachers to Stop Investing in Facebook and Protect
our Kids!



[ [link removed] ] Sign the Petition! 



Thanks for all that you do!
Christina and the team at SumOfUs


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Instagram Is Still Promoting Eating Disorders and Unproven Diet Pills
to TeensSumOfUs Report on Instagram, Vice, September 30th 2021
[ [link removed] ]Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents
Show, Wall Street Journal, September 14th 2021

 

 

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