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The Instagram trend of #blackouttuesday is an example of slacktivism. The trend started on June 2nd after the police killed George Floyd and grew recently after they took the life of Breonna Talyor. The hashtag was created by two black women in the music industry, Jamila Thomas and Brianna Agyemang with the intention of calling on their community to take a day to stop business and reflect on the ways that white people have exploited black talent. This expanded into a worldwide movement (mostly captured on Instagram) with people, organizations, celebrities, and TV stations participating to show their allyship. Television networks such at MTV and VH1 went off air for eight minutes and forty-six seconds; the length of time that the Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin kneeled on Floyd's neck. Instagrammers posted black squares on their pages to show their support of the movement.