An advocacy group is looking on Meta to permit Facebook customers to record multiple romantic accomplice of their profiles. In a letter the Organization for Polyamory and Ethical Non-monogamy (OPEN) despatched to the social media large on Thursday, it stated the present design of Facebook’s relationship standing function is “exclusionary” in direction of individuals who apply moral non-monogamy. The group has requested that Meta enable customers to tag all their romantic companions.
“At best, this restriction perpetuates the erasure and marginalization of non-monogamous relationships; at worst, it harms non-monogamous users by perpetuating social stigmas around the validity and authenticity of their relationships,” OPEN stated.
A Meta spokesperson informed The New York Times the corporate is reviewing the letter and famous that Facebook already permits customers to say on their profile that they’re in an “open relationship” with a number of folks. The timing of the request could appear curious given Facebook’s declining day by day userbase, nevertheless it’s according to the rising quantity of people that discover themselves in non-monogamous relationships. According to knowledge cited by OPEN, about 4 to 5 p.c of American adults apply moral non-monogamy.