Meghan Markle & Prince Harry 'Working' with Civil Rights Groups to Support Facebook Boycott

[CatWoman]

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are taking an active role in the fight against online hate speech.

Sources confirm to PEOPLE that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been working behind the scenes to support the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign, which calls on CEOs around the world to come together to temporarily pull their advertisements from Facebook, which has been criticized for years for showing all types of political ads, even those that contain lies and misinformation.

“As we've been developing Archewell, one of the areas The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been keen to address is online hate speech, and we've been working with civil rights and racial justice groups on it,” a source tells PEOPLE.

“Over the past few weeks, in particular, this issue has become even more vital and they have been working to encourage global CEOs to stand in solidarity with a coalition of civil and racial justice groups like the NAACP, Color of Change, and the Anti-Defamation League, which are calling for structural changes to our online world,” the source adds.

Over the weekend, NAACP President Derrick Johnson praised the couple for embodying “the kind of leadership that meets the moment. The @NAACP deeply value your unwavering support to #StopHateForProfit.”

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[hlthe2b]

1. Good on them. If any two are likely to be highly sensitized to the issue, it would be them.

[llashram]

2. bravo

[Thekaspervote]

3. Kudos the the two of them! The cause needed a high profile name, now it's got a duo

[samsingh]

4. good for them. I would love it if facebook went bust

and zuckerbert disappeared

[marlakay]

5. I messaged the tshirt company

Life is Good, they are doing a ton of advertising with them. I thought maybe they were on the left a bit since most of their shirts are very environmental and support peace, one has smokey the bear. I haven’t heard back since I asked them to pause advertising, I bought some shirts in the past month from website but saw them on FB. I bought one that said social distancing and showed a guy hiking with his dog.

I bet they make a lot of money through FB, now that stores that sell them are closed or people not shopping. REI sells their shirts and all stores are curbside only.

[dixiechiken1]

6. Wonder why PEOPLE put 'Working' in quotation marks like that?

OT, I know, but that's a bit strange...