As you may well know, Volkswagen has decided to ignore over a thousand of your comments on Facebook. This isn't just a social media faux pas, it's also downright rude.
They want us to go away quietly. But we won't. This is about the world's biggest car maker risking our future.
We really need your help.
Volkswagen have massive advertising budgets and have huge teams of people operating their Facebook accounts. We don't. But what we do have is all of you - real people - who care passionately about the planet and challenging those who disregard it.
We need you to make this Facebook protest viral.
Volkswagen is exposed on dozens of Facebook pages (see below) and we need to expand our protest so that our demands are at the top of the comments on all of them. In all languages. Anywhere in the world.
We've set up an open Facebook group which you can join to let other activists know when new posts arrive and to invite your friends to help.
This is totally open to you - nobody is controlling it.
We're not spamming - this is a legitimate protest against a company that is lobbying against climate laws and refusing to talk about it.
Here's what you need to do:
- Join the 'Jedi Council: VW will not ignore us' Facebook group
- Follow or like all of Volkswagen's Facebook pages (listed below). Don't worry you can unlike them later
- As soon as you see a new post, comment on it. Post a link to this group if nobody has already to let others know
- Add your friends to the group
Things to ask:
1. Why won't VW respond to criticism on Facebook?
2. Why is Volkswagen's boss refusing to meet us?
We will stop when:
- VW responds to our comments about lobbying against climate laws
- When Martin Winterkorn agrees to meet us
Let the group know if people are rude to you or are deleting your comments.
Remember: be nice. We are not being abusive. We want a response to legitimate questions about Volkswagen and its attitude towards our planet.
Use the Force.
Volkswagen's Facebook pages:
UK: http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenUK
Germany: http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenDE
Australia: http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenAustralia
Brazil: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-do-Brasil/195799454437?v=info
Canada: http://www.facebook.com/vwcanada
Costa Rica: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-Costa-Rica/142609615762380
Croatia: http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenHrvatska
Denmark: http://www.facebook.com/volkswagendk
India: http://www.facebook.com/Volkswagenindia
Middle East: http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenMiddleEast
Portugal: http://www.facebook.com/VWportugal
Romania: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-Romania/286947639638
Turkey: http://www.facebook.com/vwturkiye
Ukraine: http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenUA
US: http://www.facebook.com/VW
Argentina: http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenArg
Motorsport: https://www.facebook.com/volkswagenmotorsport
International: https://www.facebook.com/volkswagen
Netherlands: https://www.facebook.com/volkswagennl
Belgium: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenBelgium
Turkey (commercial vehicles): https://www.facebook.com/vwticariarac
Italy: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenIT
Korea: https://www.facebook.com/VWKorea
Paraguay: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenParaguay
Spain: https://www.facebook.com/volkswagenesp
Mexico: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenMexico
Reunion: https://www.facebook.com/volkswagen.reunion
Bulgaria: https://www.facebook.com/VW.Bulgaria
Bosnia&Herzigovina: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-BiH/190527117636619
Canary Isles: https://www.facebook.com/vwcanarias
Russia: https://www.facebook.com/volkswagenrussia
Poland: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenPolska
Slovenia: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-Slovenija-Official/132019426830397
Finland: https://www.facebook.com/volkswagensuomi
Japan: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenJP
Czech Republic: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenCR
Chattanooga, USA: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenChattanooga
Bolivia: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenBO
Chile: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-Chile/177540868925607
South Africa: https://www.facebook.com/VWSA
Hong Kong: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenHK
Sweden: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenSverige
Peru: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-Peru/10150107498660184
Colombia: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-Colombia/157359044325721
Serbia: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenSrbija
Venezuela: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Volkswagen-Venezuela/86582767044
Egypt: https://www.facebook.com/VWEgypt
Style: https://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenStyle
eGames: https://www.facebook.com/volkswagen.egames
