US civil rights groups denounce Facebook over hate speech

Johnson, who was present on the Zoom meeting, said Facebook’s executives only delivered cheap talk, filled with little commitment to new rules or actions that would curb racism and misinformation. — AP

Facebook keeps telling critics that it is doing everything it can to rid its service of hate, abuse and misinformation. And the company’s detractors keep not buying it.

On July 7, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg met with a group of civil rights leaders, including the organisers of a growing advertising boycott over hate speech on Facebook. One of those leaders, NAACP president Derrick Johnson, said Facebook’s executives offered little but cheap talk that skirted major commitments to new rules or actions that would curb racism and misinformation on its platform.