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https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/19/tech/north-face-facebook-ads/index.html:
Outdoor apparel brand The North Face has become the best-known company yet to commit to an advertising boycott of Facebook in light of the social media platform's handling of misinformation and hate speech — a move that could open the door for other brands to do the same.
The brand's decision responds to a pressure campaign by top civil rights groups, including the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League, known as #StopHateForProfit, which on Wednesday began calling for advertisers to suspend their marketing on Facebook in the month of July.
"We're in," The North Face tweeted. "We're out @Facebook #StopHateForProfit."
Hours later, outdoor equipment retailer REI said it will join the boycott.
[...] The activists demanding change face an enormously ambitious task. Facebook is the second-largest player in US digital marketing after Google, and last year generated $69.7 billion from advertising worldwide.
(Score: 2, Troll) by system32 on Tuesday June 23 2020, @08:23AM (6 children)
Should we... Should we tell him about the much larger problem of black on black violence? Oh right, nevermind, doesn't fit the narrative... Sorry, forget the kids that were murdered in drive-by shootings over the last week...CNN must have forgot to mention that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @09:28AM
What makes you think he's not aware of that? Isn't people-on-people violence exactly what you'd expect if law enforcement fails to protect?
(Score: 3, Informative) by PiMuNu on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:21PM (3 children)
There is a huge moral difference between a civilian committing violence and a police officer.
Police officers have special powers in law, granted under the assumption that they will be used to "protect and serve".
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @02:36PM (2 children)
There is absolutely no moral difference. The difference is entirely legal.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 23 2020, @03:05PM
That is exactly the difference he is talking about.
When a citizen kills someone it is murder, manslaugher, or at least criminal negligence.
When a cop does it, it is an accident, or completely justified.
The law enforcers should be held to a higher standard, not a lower one, they are the ones with the training.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:25PM
No, I think there is a moral difference. A police officer has taken a vow to "protect and serve" or some such, whereas a civilian has not.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @03:27AM
Only if you're a racist idiot trying to pretend you're just all about the facts.