Facebook executives offered no new details on how they would tackle hate speech, the sources said. Instead, they pointed back to recent press releases, frustrating advertisers on the calls who believe those plans do not go far enough. — Reuters
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO: Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on July 1, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site.
US civil rights groups have enlisted the multinationals to help pressure the social media giant into taking concrete steps to block hate speech in the wake of the death of George Floyd and amid a national reckoning over racism.
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