As was inevitable, Facebook has just blocked another feminist campaigner for posting "abusive images"; that would be the poster linked above. The administrator of the Australian Destroy the Joint FB page was blocked yesterday for sharing the poster.
Now, I'm not very surprised by this. We all know Facebook is deeply misogynistic. The campaign by Laura Bates of the Everyday Sexism Project, Women Media Action and Soraya Chemaly to make Facebook take responsibility for the misogyny and violence against women perpetuated on their site was a victory. Making Facebook acknowledge their violence against women was only the first step. It was an incredible first step which accomplished something I never thought would be possible.
However, acknowledging getting Facebook to acknowledge their misogyny and violence against women isn't enough. We need to keep supporting the amazing women who fronted the campaign by continuing to report offensive pages.
It is far too easy to assume that victory will change things immediately but that's the lazy way out.
We need to ensure that Facebook follows through with their promise to end misogyny.
We need to keep holding them accountable.
Far too often, we believe the promises made and do not enforce accountability.
We need to hold Facebook accountable today and forever.
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