Celebrities Plan to 'Freeze' Facebook, Instagram Accounts to Fight Hate Speech

Kim Kardashian West, Katy Perry and other celebrities with many millions of social media followers plan to "freeze" their accounts on Facebook and its photo site, Instagram, as part of a campaign by civil rights groups to get Facebook to do more to combat hate speech. "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," Kardashian West wrote in a tweet.

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