The suspension of Beret's concerts following gender violence complaints has been met with relief by some and skepticism by others. The problem is not the decision itself, but its selective nature. Action is only taken when the case escalates in the media and social pressure becomes unbearable. Meanwhile, many institutions remain silent in the face of complaints against more powerful artists or when media noise is conspicuously absent.
Automatic Protocols: Technology Against Institutional Hypocrisy 🤖
The technical solution exists and is simple: implement alert systems that link public procurement databases with gender violence complaint records. An algorithm could automatically suspend any subsidized performance or event when the artist involved has an active complaint. There would be no need to wait for a judge's ruling or for a hashtag to go viral. The machine enforces the rule without hesitation or political filters.
The City Council That Forgot the Protocol (Until the Trending Topic Arrived) 🏛️
It's curious to see how some councils discover their feminist streak only when the singer's name appears on every news broadcast. Suddenly, the same people who ignored internal reports for months become experts at applying termination clauses. Perhaps they should install a loudspeaker in the council chamber that shouts: Complaint detected every time an artist with a public contract accumulates more than a thousand mentions on Twitter. That way, at least, hypocrisy would be synchronized with the media agenda.