BE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Fox Corporation Board prepare and publish a report, excluding confidential information, assessing the potential negative social impact and risks to the Company from continuing to inadequately distinguish between Fox’s on-air news content and its opinion content, and the viability and benefits of providing public differentiation between its news and the entertainment-based nature of its non-news shows.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board prepare a publicly available report, at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary and privileged information, to assess the benefits and drawbacks to our Company of: (1) prohibiting all political advertising on its platforms and (2) restoring the type of enhanced actions put in place during the 2020 election cycle to reduce the platform’s amplification of false and divisive information.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary or legally privileged information, prepare and publish a report analyzing why the enforcement of “Community Standards” as described in the “Transparency Center” has proven ineffective at controlling the dissemination of user content that contains or promotes hate speech, disinformation, or content that incites violence and/or causes harm to public health or personal safety.
Read MoreResolved: Shareholders request that the Board conduct a stakeholder harm assessment study related to misinformation and false postings on its platform. A report on the Board's determination of strategically appropriate next steps identified as a result of this study, prepared at reasonable cost and omitting confidential or proprietary information, should be publicly disclosed on Yelp’s website by the end of calendar year 2022.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request the Board, at reasonable expense and excluding proprietary or legally privileged information, prepare a report analyzing why the enforcement of “Community Standards” as described in the “Transparency Center” has proven ineffective at controlling the dissemination of user content that contains or promotes hate speech, disinformation, or content that incites violence and/or harm to public health or personal safety.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request that the Board prepare a report to assess the benefits and drawbacks to our Company of maintaining or restoring the type of enhanced actions put in place during the 2020 election cycle to reduce the platform’s amplification of false and divisive information.
Read MoreBE IT RESOLVED: Shareholders request management and the board ”Reboot Facebook,” by making the changes below by Labor Day 2020. Designating a specific date creates a symbolic “before and after;” Facebook 1.0 vs. Facebook 2.0. Actions include:
Delete all images of child pornography and torture, remove all associated accounts, and work with law enforcement to bring abusers to justice;
Delete all fake accounts and establish a verification system to improve expeditious removal;
Delete all political ads containing lies and mistruths based on Facebook employee recommendations to avoid adverse impact on our political system;
Publicly agree to a policy stating that Facebook will abide by campaign advertising rules like all U.S. broadcasters and end micro-targeting of groups smaller than 5,000 people;
As a show of Goodwill and until the platform can be effectively monitored, disallow any political ads Labor Day through the 2020 election;
Provide full transparency of the Reboot process including listing deleted political ads, Bots, fake accounts, fake news, deep fakes and accounts closed;
Disclose budget committed to fix these issues to inform other platforms as a case study of best practices; and
Establish systems to maintain all of the above going forward with public transparency.
WHEREAS: The World Economic Forum 2015 Global Risk Report ranked water as the top societal risk facing the world in terms of potential economic impact. (1) The Human Right to Water, formally recognized by the United Nations in 2010, clarifies that it is the responsibility of companies to ensure their operations do not infringe upon the right of individuals to sufficient, safe, acceptable, accessible, and affordable water. This human right is further buttressed by the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 6, which includes a target for improving water quality by reducing pollution and minimizing the discharge of hazardous chemicals and materials.
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