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I don't forward violence! Take a stand and join the campaign

NEW YORK, USA, 27 February 2011 (Take back the tech!)

Boyfriends and girlfriends rarely make commitments and plans to delete private photographs of each other when they snap them. What happens when the relationship breaks down and one of them decides to post them online? What about the people who receive and forward the images and videos? In each act of viewing and forwarding, they are continuing and replicating the violence. APC is launching a new campaign to stop the spread of violence by committing not to forward abusive messages. We invite you to take a stand.

Full article at http://www.takebackthetech.net/take-action/2011/02/25

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