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Billboards shame Facebook racists

2015-12-01 5 Dailymotion

A new campaign in Brazil is plastering billboards with racist Facebook comments.<br />The point is not to expose anyone but to educate people that their words have a real impact.<br />The campaign, "Virtual racism, real consequences," is using the location tag from Facebook posts to find where the offenders live.<br />The group is then buying billboard space in their neighborhoods, but blurring out the names and photos of the commenters.<br />Behind the project is the Criola group, a nonprofit that works to defend the rights of black women in Brazil.<br />The campaign was prompted after Brazilian journalist Maria Júlia Coutinho was targeted by racist Facebook comments online.

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