"Social media is not just a place we 'go' anymore. It's a place we live, work, and play. That's why it's more crucial than ever to ensure that all people can safely access these spaces and freely express themselves without fear of retribution," Jenna Sherman, campaign director at UltraViolet
"Adriana Smith's family should have had a choice. Her mother was clear that she wanted to make the decision about whether her daughter's body should be kept on life support. But Georgia doctors and legislators failed Adriana and her family." said Arisha Hatch, interim executive director of UltraViolet
“Baylor University must implement comprehensive reporting policies, provide real support for survivors of sexual assault, and create a transparent and accountable process for punishing rapists and their defenders.”
UltraViolet Action released the browser extension Wednesday that modifies Google’s name in articles and other pages online with various playful phrases tying it to Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president.
These groups urge Google, which joined other tech companies in condemning a North Carolina law that they view as discriminatory to transgender people, to make a similar stand in Cleveland.
More than 13,000 Amazon customers have signed a petition calling for the company to cut ties with Donald Trump.
The petition was created by UltraViolet, a women’s rights group, and addressed to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
Almost 40 domestic violence organizations across the country called for state prosecutors to drop the charges against Baldwin, and a petition launched by the nonprofit Ultraviolet gathered nearly 32,000 signatures.
Nita Chaudhary, a co-founder of UltraViolet, an advocacy group that fights sexism, denounced Mr. Trump for sticking by Mr. Lewandowski. “What Donald Trump is doing fits the very definition of victim blaming, and it is not only unacceptable, it is actively dangerous,” she said. “They are belittling Michelle Fields’s claim despite overwhelming evidence.”
“Sony can free Kesha and take a stand against rape culture,” the ad says. “Tell Sony to drop Dr. Luke.”
In partnership with women’s advocacy group UltraViolet, Tumblr presented five female-fronted acts — Jhené Aiko, Empress Of, Little Simz, Ex Hex and Tacocat — all playing to highlight one extremely vexing sum: 79 cents.
“Comments like these, which sound eerily similar to something that Donald Trump would say, have no place in American politics and speak to the impact that Donald Trump is having on the discourse coming out of the Republican party,” said Nita Chaudhary, cofounder of UltraViolet.
A national advocacy group for women called UltraViolet solicited the help of over 130 sexual assault survivors and their families to construct a letter to Sony Music Entertainment CEO Doug Morris to “take a stand against sexual assault and not renew Sony Music Entertainment’s contract with accused rapist, Dr. Luke,” according to the letter sent to Mic in a press release.