Facebook frustrates advertisers as boycott over hate speech kicks off

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Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site.

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But the 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.Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to meet with the organizers of the boycott, a spokeswoman said late Tuesday.

Facebook said earlier this week it would submit to an audit of its hate speech controls, adding to plans to label newsworthy content that would otherwise violate its policies, following similar practices at other social media platforms such as Twitter Inc. Companies that run ads in order to promote their brand image rather than to make direct sales are less beholden to Facebook. Many of these, including the multinational advertisers who have joined up with the boycott, will begin to plot how they can achieve the same goals without Facebook, the executive said.

 

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It’s about time, it will change the world, it will help slow the hatred, white supremasicst, ripping the world apart. NO OTHER COMPANY WOULD ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE!

Wake up Shmuckerberg!

Unfortunately, Facebook do not understand what constitutes as 'hate speech' in other Countries. Or maybe they just don't care. But their repeated ignorance toward people wanting to kill religious leaders is just one of the reasons they need to take action.

Freedom of speech does not = to hate speech.

At the end of the day it's all about 💰. It's perfect time to cut cost. It's never about hate speech, they could have done this long time ago. 🚮🚮🚮

Facebook can't control what it's users post, that only means Facebook must be shut down. It's like the left wants facebook to control its users minds.

What amazes me is not the entry mob.. NO. Is the fact that Facebook is trying to keep a clean and safe space open to all by telling you that you can have your close spaces if the content are not according to their policies that protect children from adult content.

Facebook deserved to be demolished, but how a media(?) to decide nature of a post or reply?

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