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: 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.