Kim Kardashian, Demi Lovato, And More Celebs Are Freezing Their Facebook And Instagram Accounts To Stop Hate Speech

Kimye is still on—for now. Kim Kardashian responded to Kanye West divorce rumors in the best way. The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star took to her Instagram on Tuesday, September 29, to share a photo of the “Stronger” rapper with the couple’s four kids amid reports that she’s “considering” a divorce from her husband.

If Kim Kardashian is going to make a statement by leaving social media, Piers Morgan would prefer she left for good.

Celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Katy Perry are “freezing” their Instagram accounts on September 16 to send a message to Mark Zuckerberg, who owns the platform: stop allowing misinformation and hate to be shared on social media.

Keeping Up With The Kardashians star Kim Kardashian is joining the #StopHateForProfit campaign, which will result in a 24-hour freeze of her Facebook and Instagram account  “I love that I can connect directly with you through Instagram and Facebook, but I can’t sit by and stay silent while these platforms continue to allow the spreading of hate, propaganda and misinformation – created by groups to sow division and split America apart – only to take steps after people are killed,” Kim explained

pic.twitter.com/XkxzABn7qw Other celebrities to speak out on the subject include Kerry Washington, Jennifer Lawrence, Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Ruffalo.

Kim Kardashian West is using her platform to say something about the social media propaganda problem… well, kind of! Technically she’s not using her platform??

Kim Kardashian has one of the most popular social media presences but she’s just put most of it on hold.

Keeping Up With The Kardashians star announced her intention to join the protest created by the Stop Hate for Profit campaign in a Twitter thread.“I love that I can connect directly with you through Instagram and Facebook, but I can’t sit by and stay silent while these platforms continue to allow the spreading of hate, propaganda and misinformation - created by groups to sow division and split America apart – only to take steps after people are killed,” she wrote.

The Verge.On August 25 two people were killed by 17-year-old police admirer Kyle Rittenhouse armed with a rifle.Afterwards it was revealed that the Kenosha Guard, a group that calls themselves a militia organization, issued a 'call to arms' on the platform. At least two separate Facebook users reported the account for inciting violence prior to the shooting, but the Kenosha Guard’s Facebook page was only taken down the morning after the deadly shooting.Facebook said in a statement at the time

said she will be freezing her Facebook and Instagram accounts for a day in protest of the company's handling of hate speech and misinformation."I can't sit by and stay silent while these platforms continue to allow the spreading of hate, propaganda and misinformation — created by groups to sow division and split America apart — only to take steps after people are killed," she wrote, asking her nearly 190 million Instagram followers to join her by freezing their accounts on Wednesday.