Indus Scrolls English
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • International
    • Regional
    • Environment
    • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Culture
    • Temples
    • Ayurveda
    • Art
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • Astrology
    • Literature
    • History
  • Religion
    • Our Gurus
    • Hinduism
    • Islam
    • Christianity
  • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Yoga
    • Fashion
    • Travel
    • Cuisine
  • Science
  • Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Economy
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • International
    • Regional
    • Environment
    • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Culture
    • Temples
    • Ayurveda
    • Art
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • Astrology
    • Literature
    • History
  • Religion
    • Our Gurus
    • Hinduism
    • Islam
    • Christianity
  • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Yoga
    • Fashion
    • Travel
    • Cuisine
  • Science
  • Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Economy
No Result
View All Result
Indus Scrolls English
No Result
View All Result
Home Technology

Sex Tech Companies Open Protests Against Facebook; But Why?

KARTIK VARMA by KARTIK VARMA
August 3, 2019
in Technology
toy companies against facebook
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterWhatsAppTelegram

Office of Facebook witnessed a strange yet interesting protest in front of their office, though not for the first time. Supporters, founders and employees of sex tech and women’s wellness startups like Dame Products and Unbound Babes assembled outside Facebook’s New York office Wednesday. The protest was against the social media site’s policies, which don’t let the companies run ads for their products.

Tech Startups behind the protests say that their ‘goal was to raise awareness’. “I feel pretty strongly we did just that,” says Polly Rodriguez, CEO and co-founder of Unbound Babes in an email statement. Alexandra Fine, CEO and co-founder of Dame Products, added that the inability to advertise “created a great deal of drag on our mission.”

“Advertising is a necessary and important part of connecting people to valuable solutions,” she said Wednesday. “There are millions of people who stand to improve their lives with our products, and they will have no idea we exist until we’re allowed to make contact with them. This doesn’t just impact a few businesses — it impacts the health and happiness of everyone who has sex.”

The protests were along the lines of the Approved, Not Approved website that the two startups launched earlier this month. Approved, Not Approved is a game that lets you guess whether an advertisement was OK’d for public consumption.

The sex tech protest isn’t the first protest Facebook’s New York office has seen. In June, dozens of anticensorship activists shed their clothes to protest the social media site’s nudity rules. In the wake of the protest, Facebook began talks with the activists over a compromise.

“We have had open lines of communication with both companies about our policies and are always taking feedback. We are working to further clarify our policies in this space in the near future,” a Facebook spokesperson said in an email.

Facebook also pointed out its advertising policy that refers to adult products and services. The policy says ads can’t promote any adult products and services apart from family planning and contraception. In the case of contraceptives, the ad must focus on the “contraceptive features” of the product and not “sexual pleasure or sexual enhancement.” The ad also has to be targeted to users 18 years or older.

Author

  • KARTIK VARMA
    KARTIK VARMA

    View all posts

Tags: Facebooksex toy companies
ShareTweetSendShare

Related News

England to Use AI to Treat Cancer Patients Two Times Faster With Radiotherapy 
Technology

England to Use AI to Treat Cancer Patients Two Times Faster With Radiotherapy 

Fed Up of Unknown Callers in WhatsApp? Try This!
Technology

Fed Up of Unknown Callers in WhatsApp? Try This!

Five Notorious Vulnerabilities Plaguing iOS and iPhones
Technology

Five Notorious Vulnerabilities Plaguing iOS and iPhones

Apple Unveils First Mixed Reality Headset, Vision Pro: WATCH BREATHTAKING VIDEO
Technology

Apple Unveils First Mixed Reality Headset, Vision Pro: WATCH BREATHTAKING VIDEO

Why You Should And Why You Shouldn’t Buy An iPhone?
Technology

Why You Should And Why You Shouldn’t Buy An iPhone?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Meta Quest 3, a Next-Generation Virtual Reality Headset
Technology

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Reveals Meta Quest 3, a Next-Generation Virtual Reality Headset

Discussion about this post

234 Indians evacuated from Iran land in Mumbai

Jaishankar’s stern message:  Not India’s policy to conduct extra-judicial killings abroad

16-year-old girl allegedly dies by suicide after being brutally gang-raped by Sabir, Nasir and Nazir in Rajasthan’s Alwar

Harassed by Mohammad Afzal, minor girl attempts suicide; cops shoot at accused during bid to escape

Kerala to remove governor Arif Mohammed Khan as Chancellor?

Resentment brewing in CPM over CM family’s role in scams

Hindu temple in Australia’s Brisbane gets threat asking to raise pro-Khalistani slogans if it wanted to observe Maha Shivratri peacefully

Is Neo-Hinduism being authored by Woke-Pundits?

Guilt-stricken mother admits to murdering 3-year-old son; woman, paramour arrested

Guilt-stricken mother admits to murdering 3-year-old son; woman, paramour arrested

Army Jawan beaten up, dresses torn, PFI written in green ink on his back

Army Jawan beaten up, dresses torn, PFI written in green ink on his back

NIA tightens noose around overseas Khalistani terrorists by confiscating their Indian assets

NIA tightens noose around overseas Khalistani terrorists by confiscating their Indian assets

A moving tribute to India’s Vax Warriors

A moving tribute to India’s Vax Warriors

Every Political Party, Government Nourish Casteism Then Condemn It As A Social Poison

Every Political Party, Government Nourish Casteism Then Condemn It As A Social Poison

Laljibhai: A saviour for the visually impaired elderly

Laljibhai: A saviour for the visually impaired elderly

  • Support Us
  • Our Projects
  • Our Mission
  • Contact Us

©Copyright Indus Scrolls. Tech-enabled by Ananthapuri Technologies

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • National
    • International
    • Regional
    • Environment
    • Sports
  • Opinion
  • Culture
    • Temples
    • Ayurveda
    • Art
    • Festivals
    • Books
    • Astrology
    • Literature
    • History
  • Religion
    • Our Gurus
    • Hinduism
    • Islam
    • Christianity
  • Lifestyle
    • Health
    • Yoga
    • Fashion
    • Travel
    • Cuisine
  • Science
  • Tech
  • Entertainment
  • Economy

©Copyright Indus Scrolls. Tech-enabled by Ananthapuri Technologies