Who Decides When a Protest Becomes a Facebook "Disaster"?
The police killing of Keith Scott, only the latest in a chain of black Americans gunned down by law enforcement, has prompted two days of furious and at times destructive protests.But even a violent protest is still a protest — so why is Facebook responding to it by activating a feature built for terrorist attacks, gun massacres, and earthquakes?Facebook's "Safety Check" option was first offered to the company's hundreds of millions of users in 2014, an occasional tool deployed in case of a typhoon or other act of God — "disasters and crises" as the company put it at the time.
Black Woman Paints Her Body White to Protest Police Violence, Facebook Pulls Video
Image screengrab via YouTubeIn a sad yet whimsical form of protest against police shootings of black people, a black woman on Facebook streamed video of herself covering her body in white paint in an attempt to detract attention from cops.AdvertisementDaytona Beach native/hero Tashala Dangel Geyer started streaming via Facebook Live on Wednesday night.The fearless performance piece is a simple, powerful response to black death at the hands of America's police force.
Why'd Facebook Delete a Video of a Woman Painting Herself White to Protest Police Brutality?
Wednesday night, a woman of color named Tashala Dangel Geyer started a livestream on Facebook.In it, she used paint that she claimed came from Home Depot to paint herself white so that she is never shot and killed by police."This the best shit I ever could've thought of," she mused as she painted.
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