by Press | Mar 26, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Facebook announced a new policy banning content that promotes white nationalism and white separatism as impermissible hate speech, following nine months of advocacy from the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Facebook’s new...
by Press | Feb 21, 2019 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON -D.C. – In response to news high-end luxury fashion brand Burberry featured a hoodie featuring a noose around the collar as part of its autumn/winter collection, Kristen Clarke, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights...
by Press | Dec 8, 2018 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law issued the following statement in response to the first degree murder conviction of James Alex Fields, Jr., for the 2017 killing of Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia: “James Fields is the...
by Press | Sep 20, 2018 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to Facebook’s continued failure to adequately address hateful activities on its platform, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released a letter today issued to Facebook urging them to reverse course in allowing users to...
