NHMC

October 4th 2021

A Statement from Brenda Victoria Castillo, President & CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC)

Yesterday’s 60 Minute interview with Frances Haugen, former Facebook Product Manager addressed, “conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook,” referring to Facebook misleading the public in supporting disinformation and hate on their platform.

Facebook putting profit over hate, safety, and human life is not a surprise to the National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) who has been challenging social media companies for more than a decade on platform accountability.

Facebook continues to profit from the hate directed towards Latinos and Spanish speaking communities. Their continued negligence to protect Latinx, marginalized communities, and the democracy of the United States of America is disgraceful, anti-American, and anti-democratic.

NHMC’s work on the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign, “Ya Basta, Facebook” campaign, Change the Terms Coalition, and leading the Spanish Language Disinformation Coalition has put pressure on Facebook. However, we need the public to put pressure on our government to regulate now. Lives are at stake!

With your help, NHMC will continue the fight for social justice, protecting consumers, and demanding platform accountability.

Yours in the Movement,

Brenda Victoria Castillo

President & CEO

National Hispanic Media Coalition

National Hispanic Media Coalition (NHMC) is a woman-led 501(c)(3) non-profit, nonpartisan, civil and human rights organization that was founded to eliminate hate, discrimination, and racism toward Latino and marginalized communities.

We educate and increase Latino visibility from our policy work in Washington, D.C., to our media advocacy work in Hollywood, where we connect, collaborate, and create with talent within the entertainment industry.

We lead the work to eliminate online hate and disinformation across media platforms. We advocate for the Affordable Connectivity Program, Lifeline Program, Net Neutrality protections, and closing the digital divide for Latino and other marginalized communities. NHMC works in partnership with other social justice organizations to safeguard democracy in the United States of America.

NHMC is a not-for-profit, and provides equal opportunities to all individuals without regard to race, religion, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by law

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