Men's Health (UK)

Clicktivis­m

Noun.

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Basically, the bare minimum that anyone can do to help a cause. It’s a name on a petition that isn’t backed up with anything more substantiv­e. It’s a mindless “like” click on Twitter. It’s a Twibbon. After the murder of George Floyd, millions of people posted a black square on Instagram, which made them feel like they were contributi­ng in some way, even though not all of them were. Clicktivis­m is less about actually helping the oppressed and more about signalling to the rest of the world that you don’t want to be associated with the oppressors.

WATCH: Clicktivis­m Is Bad for Charity by the Feed on YouTube.

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