TOPLINE A Facebook advertising boycott called by major civil rights groups continues to gain momentum with more than a dozen large companies, including Unilever, Verizon, Ben & Jerry’s, Patagonia and more, announcing that they will not work with the tech giant until “it is significant action “is taken to address …
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Unilever says it will stop advertising on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at least until the rest of the year, joining a number of companies that have withdrawn Facebook ads because of the social network’s failure to control racist and violent information. “Continuing to advertise on these platforms right now would …
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San Francisco – Verizon is joining a growing movement to deflect Facebook advertising in an effort to pressure the company to do more to prevent the sharing of racist and violence-inspiring information on its social media service. The decision announced Thursday by one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies is …
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Facebook is launching a new feature to warn users if they are about to share a news article that is over 90 days old, the social media platform announced Thursday. Facebook said the feature aims to help users have “the context they need to make informed decisions” about what to …
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