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#BlackLivesMatter
After George Zimmerman was acquitted after shooting African-American teen Trayvon Martin, the Black Lives Matter movement started. The movement fights against the targeting and racism against black people. It mainly circulated via Twitter, but it appeared in every mainstream social media and news outlets. -
#ALSIceBucketChallenge
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge began in the summer of 2014 and was made popular by Pete Frates with the help of Twitter and Facebook. The ice-bucket-dumping videos spread quickly across all social media formats, helped spread awareness, and raised over $100 million for the ALS foundation. -
#LoveWins
This movement was born when same-sex marriage was legalized in the United States. It was popularized by President Obama's tweet featuring the hashtag. As most hashtag movements are started and popularized via twitter, #lovewins has spread all over the media in every popular form. -
#PrayForParis
Almost 130 people were killed and 100 injured in a shooting and suicide-bomb attack in Paris. People around the world connected through the hashtag #prayforparis to unite in prayer and hope during the tragedy. The movement was popularized via Instagram with a logo and hashtag but spread to other mainstream social media sites. Facebook and Twitter made French flag overlay filters for people to add to their profile pictures. -
#MeToo
The movement began in October of 2017 as an effort to spread awareness and change of sexual assault and abuse culture. Women (and men) all over the world spoke up and said that they too are victims of the crime, many having been in silence for quite some time.
