Twitter executives last month rejected a request by the Israeli government to remove tweets from Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei calling for the genocide of the Israeli people, claiming in a dazzling letter obtained by The Post that Jewish hatred qualified as “current comments issues.” The decision comes after …
Read More »Pepsi Joins Facebook Advertising Boycott: Report
Pepsi reportedly joined the advertising boycott that several companies are taking against Facebook, people close to the matter. he told Fox Business Sunday. The world’s second-largest food and beverage company is reportedly pulling Facebook ads through July and August as part of a “global boycott,” sources told Fox Business. Pepsi …
Read More »Facebook shares drop as Unilever, Verizon joins progressive boycott
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 …
Read More »Unilever joins Facebook ad boycott for racist content
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on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at least until the rest of the year, joining a number of companies that have withdrawn Facebook ads because of the social network’s failure to control racist and violent information.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 …
Read More »Verizon Joins Facebook Advertising Boycott for Hate-Driven Content
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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