Opinion: It’s Zuckerberg and Facebook’s time to bend


By Tae KimAlex Webb

Zuckerberg needs to acknowledge the growing uproar is symptomatic of new and lasting societal, political and regulatory crosscurrents. While he has long been adamant it is not Facebook’s job to be the ‘arbiter of truth’, there is no better climate, in the face of pressure from advertisers, politicians and civil rights groups alike, to alter that stance – he can change tack without losing as much face. — Abaca Press/TNS

Mark Zuckerberg has a problem, and he can fix it.

Public furor over Facebook Inc’s content policies has led some of its biggest advertisers to take action, with brands from Starbucks Corp to Unilever, Coca-Cola Co and Verizon Communications Inc all vowing to pull ads from the social media giant’s namesake Facebook platform as well as Instagram for at least the month of July.

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