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Snapchat releases and then deletes its latest insensitive filter
Snapchat's latest insensitive filter asks users to "smile to break the chains" that once bound slaves.
Bandcamp will make annual Juneteenth donations to the NAACP
Bandcamp has announced that this Friday, June 19, it will donate 100 percent of its share of sales to the NAACP legal defense fund -- and that it will do so annually. In its announcement, the music publishing platform cited the killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and “ongoing state-sanctioned violence against Black people in the US” as the impetus for the move. In addition to making donations every Juneteenth, Bandcamp said it’s allocating an additional $30,000 per year “to partner with organizations that fight for racial justice and create opportunities for people of color.”
Google marks Juneteenth with a video doodle and historical information
Along with many other corporations suddenly moved to demonstrate a deeper understanding of issues facing Black people in the US, Google is, for the first time, posting a doodle for Juneteenth.
