In an unusual move, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, Starz and other major Hollywood players are using their corporate social media accounts to take a stand and support the Black Lives Matter movement amid the ongoing nationwide protests decrying the death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers.
Meanwhile, CEO of ViacomCBS-owned Paramount Jim Gianopulos sent an internal memo to employees, expressing that “Too many members of the Black community have had their breath stolen from them through racial injustice.” Netflix tweeted on Saturday afternoon: “To be silent is to be complicit.
Black lives matter. We have a platform, and we have a duty to our Black members, employees, creators and talent to speak up.” To be silent is to be complicit.
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