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Inside the Ad Boycott That Has Facebook
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 9/5/2023 10:56:17 AM

The advertising boycott battering Facebook is unlike anything the social-media giant has faced in its 16-year history: Three days in, 800 companies worldwide have pulled millions of dollars in advertising from the social network, with brands from Coca-Cola to Ford to global conglomerate Unilever demanding that Facebook monitor hate speech more aggressively. With pullouts mounting and the company’s name constantly tied to racism and hate in the news coverage, CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded by livestreaming part of an employee meeting — one of the few times he’s done that in the company’s history. Then, on Wednesday, Facebook’s powerhouse policy and communications chief,

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Reply 1 - Posted by: formerNYer 9/5/2023 11:00:28 AM (No. 1549772)
Yeah more censorships by leftist rabble, that what we need. If you still have an account on facebook, you need to cancel ASAP.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: thomthomp 9/5/2023 11:20:13 AM (No. 1549789)
How Is it that business executives got to be experts on what is and is not acceptable speech?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: BarryNo 9/5/2023 11:35:32 AM (No. 1549804)
Hate speech, eh? Our free speech, they mean! Maybe we need to stop using the products of companies that try to limit our speech? Maybe work out alternatives. Hate speech my ash!
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Reply 4 - Posted by: seamusm 9/5/2023 11:36:59 AM (No. 1549808)
Well I'll be! I never knew there was both a Facebook that blocked conservative postings and another that promoted racist (conservative) speech. Will wonders never cease?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Luke21 9/5/2023 11:59:25 AM (No. 1549832)
The communists and the corporations advocate more censorship and Politico writes like it is cutting edge. Wow, Batman.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: janjan 9/5/2023 12:04:18 PM (No. 1549836)
Instead of pulling their advertising dollars until free speech censorship stops, they are demanding more.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Rama41 9/5/2023 12:27:25 PM (No. 1549848)
FTA: By Nancy Scola 07/03/2020 03:15 PM EDT Am I the only one noticing the date on this article? If not, what am I missing?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Strike3 9/5/2023 12:29:50 PM (No. 1549850)
Facebook is nothing BUT hate speech - and cat pictures. Censor what is considered hate speech by both left and right and you have nothing left - except cat pictures. So, of course, Zuckerberg will censor the right.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: MickTurn 9/5/2023 12:53:53 PM (No. 1549874)
From *uckerBerg...Here's your box of crayons, SHUT UP AND COLOR. You will notice you only have ONE Color in your box. Black, Yellow, Red, Green or Pink You know who you are and your crayon matches your skin color!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: kono 9/5/2023 1:06:16 PM (No. 1549895)
Three year old article helps to show how we got to today's sorry state, and how fakebook openly meddled in the election. Clear evidence and motive. Still, the J6 political prisoners languish, each awaiting his or her own share of persecution.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Newtsche 9/5/2023 1:09:46 PM (No. 1549897)
So big corporate is whipped into bed with the information overlords, democracy dies in Darkness, you know what I mean by Darkness.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: chumley 9/5/2023 2:20:57 PM (No. 1549966)
I got an ad on my facebook feed a while back that featured a lovely young lady in a mini skirt giving a gynecologists eye view of her assets. I dont know what they were selling, but I sure loved the ad. Now I'm being flooded with volleyball players tail ends. I guess their censors took the month off.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: paral04 9/5/2023 4:39:07 PM (No. 1550038)
I thought Facebook was doing a good job censoring people. I am surprised that the mentioned advertisers found anything. Maybe it is an excuse to drop Facebook as a media outlet. I thought Facebook was inane the first time I signed on and bever went back. This post n was by someone who went out for coffee. Nothing else. Not that it wasn't fascinating but I think watching grass grow can be more interesting.
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