# Care2

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**Care2** is a [social networking](/source/Social_network_services) website that was founded by Randy Paynter in 1998. The goal of the site is to connect activists from around the world with other individuals, organizations and responsible businesses.[2]

## Overview

Care2 members create an [online identity](/source/Online_identity) by filling out a [profile](/source/User_profile) with personal information, as in most social networking sites, but Care2 also asks for more information about its members' personal lives and involvement in [activism](/source/Activism). The social interactions on Care2 revolve around groups that connect people who care about similar political and environmental issues. Members also often participate in [internet petitions](/source/Internet_petitions) and news articles posted by others.

## History

Care2 has been used throughout the years to combat, through petitions, political, environmental and civil rights issues. Care2 was used by [Broadway theatre](/source/Broadway_theatre) playwrights and actors to petition Indiana's [Religious Freedom Restoration Act](/source/Indiana_SB_101).[3]

### Security breach

On December 28, 2011, hackers attacked, breached and accessed unencrypted password data on Care2 servers.[4]

### Website change

In August 2019, Groups, Healthy Living and Causes, C2NN, eCards, and Care2 Connect were eliminated.[5]

## See also

- [Click-to-donate site](/source/Click-to-donate_site)
- [List of social networking websites](/source/List_of_social_networking_websites)
- [Environmentalism](/source/Environmentalism)
- [Change.org](/source/Change.org)
- [Avaaz](/source/Avaaz)
- [Wiser.org](/source/Wiser.org)

## References

1. ["Home"](http://www.care2.com/). *care2.com*

1. Roberts, Lee (March 7, 2007). ["Spreading Their Gospel on the Web"](https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/07/business/businessspecial2/07sustain.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*

1. Kennedy, Mark (Apr 2, 2015). ["Broadway Takes Aim at Contested Indiana Law With a Petition"](https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/broadway-takes-aim-contested-indiana-law-petition-30086493). *abcnews.go.com*. [ABC News](/source/ABC_News_(United_States)). Retrieved Apr 3, 2015.

1. Paynter, Randy (December 28, 2011). ["To All Care2 Members – Security Breach"](http://www.care2.com/care2blog/to-all-care2-members-security-breach.html). *care2.com*. Care2.

1. [Mention about "Important News From Care2"](https://www.veganforum.org/threads/care2-ending-all-but-their-petition-site-on-august-12-2019.13769/)

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.care2.com/)

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