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Brett Kavanaugh, then-nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Sept. 27, 2018. (Photo: Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images)
'Shame on Facebook': Ad Campaign Condemns Company's Sponsorship of Federalist Society Dinner Honoring Brett Kavanaugh
"Brett Kavanaugh is an imminent threat to reproductive rights and health care access. But that doesn't seem to bother Facebook."
Nov 13, 2019
After hearing that Facebook is sponsoring a dinner Thursday night hosted by right-wing judicial advocacy group the Federalist Society honoring Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, progressive advocacy group Demand Justice launched an ad campaign targeted at the company's employees in Menlo Park, California.
Facebook is listed as a "Gold Circle" sponsor of the Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner. Kavanaugh is set to speak at the event, an arrangement which Demand Justice said makes Facebook complicit in "the rehabbing of Brett Kavanaugh's reputation" after Christine Blasey Ford testified under oath in 2018 that the judge sexually assaulted her when they were in high school.
While today Kavanaugh enjoys a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, Demand Justice senior counsel Katie O'Connor said in a statement, "Dr. Blasey Ford remains unable to resume a normal life after bravely coming forward last year. You can claim to respect survivors of sexual assault or you can pay for a celebration of Brett Kavanaugh, but you can't do both."
Targeted web ads will reach Facebook employees on LinkedIn and cell phone banner ads will display on phones near Facebook's headquarters.
On its website, Demand Justice called on supporters to sign a petition condemning Facebook for sponsoring the Federalist Society's "celebration of Kavanaugh and attack on the dignity of survivors."
"Facebook's unabashed support of the Federalist Society and Brett Kavanaugh sends a clear signal to survivors everywhere--that Facebook is not on their side. Shame on Facebook and shame on Mark Zuckerberg."
--Shaunna Thomas, UltraVioletThe organization's campaign is supported by the women's rights group UltraViolet, which led demonstrations against Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing in 2018.
"It is hardly surprising that Facebook is a major corporate donor to the Federalist Society--an organization dedicated to taking our courts in a radical, right-wing direction," UltraViolet co-founder Shaunna Thomas said in a statement. "But it should terrify everyone that Facebook is actively funding the public rehabilitation of [an accused] serial sexual abuser who should not be serving on the Supreme Court."
"Facebook's unabashed support of the Federalist Society and Brett Kavanaugh sends a clear signal to survivors everywhere--that Facebook is not on their side," she added. "Shame on Facebook and shame on Mark Zuckerberg."
Others on social media also decried Facebook's funding of the dinner.
\u201cI will never accept the normalization of this man. Apparently, this is exactly the hill I will die on.\u201d— Elie Mystal (@Elie Mystal) 1573746581
\u201cI #BelieveSurvivors, but CAN\u2019T believe that Facebook would sponsor a dinner where Brett Kavanaugh is the keynote speaker? Is this true? Don\u2019t they know the harm he wants to cause, and the harm he\u2019s already caused? Facebook? Really? Now?@TIMESUPNOW \n\nhttps://t.co/xhNRUIMWCa\u201d— Alysia Reiner (@Alysia Reiner) 1573748100
\u201cBrett Kavanaugh is an imminent threat to reproductive rights and health care access. But that doesn\u2019t seem to bother FACEBOOK: They\u2019re sponsoring a dinner tonight where he\u2019s the keynote speaker. \n\nhttps://t.co/d3XGZcOmza\u201d— Piper Perabo (@Piper Perabo) 1573746830
In Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Demand Justice displayed a mobile ad showing Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh during their testimonies last year, along with the words, "Kavanaugh lied" and "We still believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford."
\u201cWe still believe Christine Blasey Ford.\n\nhttps://t.co/mPgx53nKe9\u201d— Demand Justice (@Demand Justice) 1573744584
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After hearing that Facebook is sponsoring a dinner Thursday night hosted by right-wing judicial advocacy group the Federalist Society honoring Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, progressive advocacy group Demand Justice launched an ad campaign targeted at the company's employees in Menlo Park, California.
Facebook is listed as a "Gold Circle" sponsor of the Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner. Kavanaugh is set to speak at the event, an arrangement which Demand Justice said makes Facebook complicit in "the rehabbing of Brett Kavanaugh's reputation" after Christine Blasey Ford testified under oath in 2018 that the judge sexually assaulted her when they were in high school.
While today Kavanaugh enjoys a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, Demand Justice senior counsel Katie O'Connor said in a statement, "Dr. Blasey Ford remains unable to resume a normal life after bravely coming forward last year. You can claim to respect survivors of sexual assault or you can pay for a celebration of Brett Kavanaugh, but you can't do both."
Targeted web ads will reach Facebook employees on LinkedIn and cell phone banner ads will display on phones near Facebook's headquarters.
On its website, Demand Justice called on supporters to sign a petition condemning Facebook for sponsoring the Federalist Society's "celebration of Kavanaugh and attack on the dignity of survivors."
"Facebook's unabashed support of the Federalist Society and Brett Kavanaugh sends a clear signal to survivors everywhere--that Facebook is not on their side. Shame on Facebook and shame on Mark Zuckerberg."
--Shaunna Thomas, UltraVioletThe organization's campaign is supported by the women's rights group UltraViolet, which led demonstrations against Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing in 2018.
"It is hardly surprising that Facebook is a major corporate donor to the Federalist Society--an organization dedicated to taking our courts in a radical, right-wing direction," UltraViolet co-founder Shaunna Thomas said in a statement. "But it should terrify everyone that Facebook is actively funding the public rehabilitation of [an accused] serial sexual abuser who should not be serving on the Supreme Court."
"Facebook's unabashed support of the Federalist Society and Brett Kavanaugh sends a clear signal to survivors everywhere--that Facebook is not on their side," she added. "Shame on Facebook and shame on Mark Zuckerberg."
Others on social media also decried Facebook's funding of the dinner.
\u201cI will never accept the normalization of this man. Apparently, this is exactly the hill I will die on.\u201d— Elie Mystal (@Elie Mystal) 1573746581
\u201cI #BelieveSurvivors, but CAN\u2019T believe that Facebook would sponsor a dinner where Brett Kavanaugh is the keynote speaker? Is this true? Don\u2019t they know the harm he wants to cause, and the harm he\u2019s already caused? Facebook? Really? Now?@TIMESUPNOW \n\nhttps://t.co/xhNRUIMWCa\u201d— Alysia Reiner (@Alysia Reiner) 1573748100
\u201cBrett Kavanaugh is an imminent threat to reproductive rights and health care access. But that doesn\u2019t seem to bother FACEBOOK: They\u2019re sponsoring a dinner tonight where he\u2019s the keynote speaker. \n\nhttps://t.co/d3XGZcOmza\u201d— Piper Perabo (@Piper Perabo) 1573746830
In Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Demand Justice displayed a mobile ad showing Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh during their testimonies last year, along with the words, "Kavanaugh lied" and "We still believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford."
\u201cWe still believe Christine Blasey Ford.\n\nhttps://t.co/mPgx53nKe9\u201d— Demand Justice (@Demand Justice) 1573744584
After hearing that Facebook is sponsoring a dinner Thursday night hosted by right-wing judicial advocacy group the Federalist Society honoring Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, progressive advocacy group Demand Justice launched an ad campaign targeted at the company's employees in Menlo Park, California.
Facebook is listed as a "Gold Circle" sponsor of the Antonin Scalia Memorial Dinner. Kavanaugh is set to speak at the event, an arrangement which Demand Justice said makes Facebook complicit in "the rehabbing of Brett Kavanaugh's reputation" after Christine Blasey Ford testified under oath in 2018 that the judge sexually assaulted her when they were in high school.
While today Kavanaugh enjoys a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, Demand Justice senior counsel Katie O'Connor said in a statement, "Dr. Blasey Ford remains unable to resume a normal life after bravely coming forward last year. You can claim to respect survivors of sexual assault or you can pay for a celebration of Brett Kavanaugh, but you can't do both."
Targeted web ads will reach Facebook employees on LinkedIn and cell phone banner ads will display on phones near Facebook's headquarters.
On its website, Demand Justice called on supporters to sign a petition condemning Facebook for sponsoring the Federalist Society's "celebration of Kavanaugh and attack on the dignity of survivors."
"Facebook's unabashed support of the Federalist Society and Brett Kavanaugh sends a clear signal to survivors everywhere--that Facebook is not on their side. Shame on Facebook and shame on Mark Zuckerberg."
--Shaunna Thomas, UltraVioletThe organization's campaign is supported by the women's rights group UltraViolet, which led demonstrations against Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing in 2018.
"It is hardly surprising that Facebook is a major corporate donor to the Federalist Society--an organization dedicated to taking our courts in a radical, right-wing direction," UltraViolet co-founder Shaunna Thomas said in a statement. "But it should terrify everyone that Facebook is actively funding the public rehabilitation of [an accused] serial sexual abuser who should not be serving on the Supreme Court."
"Facebook's unabashed support of the Federalist Society and Brett Kavanaugh sends a clear signal to survivors everywhere--that Facebook is not on their side," she added. "Shame on Facebook and shame on Mark Zuckerberg."
Others on social media also decried Facebook's funding of the dinner.
\u201cI will never accept the normalization of this man. Apparently, this is exactly the hill I will die on.\u201d— Elie Mystal (@Elie Mystal) 1573746581
\u201cI #BelieveSurvivors, but CAN\u2019T believe that Facebook would sponsor a dinner where Brett Kavanaugh is the keynote speaker? Is this true? Don\u2019t they know the harm he wants to cause, and the harm he\u2019s already caused? Facebook? Really? Now?@TIMESUPNOW \n\nhttps://t.co/xhNRUIMWCa\u201d— Alysia Reiner (@Alysia Reiner) 1573748100
\u201cBrett Kavanaugh is an imminent threat to reproductive rights and health care access. But that doesn\u2019t seem to bother FACEBOOK: They\u2019re sponsoring a dinner tonight where he\u2019s the keynote speaker. \n\nhttps://t.co/d3XGZcOmza\u201d— Piper Perabo (@Piper Perabo) 1573746830
In Washington, D.C. on Thursday, Demand Justice displayed a mobile ad showing Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh during their testimonies last year, along with the words, "Kavanaugh lied" and "We still believe Dr. Christine Blasey Ford."
\u201cWe still believe Christine Blasey Ford.\n\nhttps://t.co/mPgx53nKe9\u201d— Demand Justice (@Demand Justice) 1573744584
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