Groupon Pornography Deals Boycott Successful

This is a followup to my Blog entry of April 27, 2012, entitled Groupon Profits from Hardcore Pornography. It gives credit where credit is due.

I am glad to report that the effort to convince Groupon to stop supporting activities that sexually exploit women has been successful. The following is a copy of a message from Morality in Media announcing it.

-----Original Message-----

From: Patrick Trueman, Morality In Media
Sent: 6 Jun 2012 14:38:23 GMT

UPDATE: The boycott was SUCCESSFUL!
   
Groupon stops all deals that profit from exploitation and torture of women

Over the last month, 20,000+ people joined our boycott of coupon giant, Groupon because the company was selling coupons to visit a porn studio. We know of at least three businesses that stopped their deals because of Groupon's decision to run ads for a torture porn company. In addition, 7 other national organizations joined the boycott too. We are writing to tell you that the boycott worked!

This message was sent to us:

"Given all the feedback from partners like you, we reassessed not only consumer interest but also merchant opinion on these types of deals. It's never our intention to offend customers or our business partners. Your feedback has been invaluable to us and executives are regularly informed of merchant response, both positive and negative.  As a result of the feedback from the Armory deal, we have stopped running adult deals across the country.

The Playboy Mansion deal ran after the "non-adult" rule was enacted in the U.S. due to a process glitch.  As soon as we became aware of it, the deal was immediately taken down."

Be encouraged that 20,000+ people stood with you this time. We hope that you feel as motivated as we do to continue to challenge pornography and the pornification of our society where and when you see it. We do not have to simply accept the mainstreaming of pornography and the devastation that results from it. We can fight back! Please continue to learn more, spread the word and take action when and where you can!

Best,

Patrick Trueman
President & CEO"

My thanks to all those who supported me in this effort. Good things can happen if we work together for Good.