Facebook is pushing millions of kids to anxiety, depression, even suicide. Yet unbelievably it's getting bankrolled by teachers' pension funds.
Teachers spend their lives caring for kids, while their retirement money funds a business that’s destroying kids’ mental health.
But Facebook has gotten so toxic in recent weeks that some investors are thinking of pulling out. And if we pile the pressure on these pension funds, we could force them to dump their stock too.
Getting teachers’ retirement funds to stand up to Facebook would be a huge moment and could supercharge a divestment movement that finally proves Facebook is not invincible. This is our chance -- will you sign?
Tell State Pension funds for Teachers to Stop Investing in Facebook and Protect our Kids!
From the Wall Street Journal to Senate hearings, we’ve seen the evidence Facebook is hurting kids -- and that when he has the chance to protect them, Mark Zuckerberg refuses.
But if thousands of us push these pension funds to pull their money out we can send a clear message to Facebook that endangering a whole generation of children comes with a cost.
Teachers’ pension funds are just one of Facebook’s many investors but they are high-profile. If they act, we’ll have the ammunition we need to push others to follow suit - and then we’ll go from fund to fund persuading them to divest until there’s no one left.
When colleges started divesting from fossil fuels, it caused a snowball effect across the world. Let’s do the same now and show Facebook they can’t keep harming our kids with impunity.
Tell State Pension funds for Teachers to Stop Investing in Facebook and Protect our Kids!
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Wall Street Journal . 13 September 2021.
Wall Street Journal . 14 September 2021.