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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: 1) by khallow on Wednesday June 24 2020, @12:53AM (2 children)
With the power of the state. It's all fun and games until the state is fucking you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 24 2020, @05:53PM (1 child)
The state can ban anything they want on state property, and banning the flag of traitors to the state seems entirely reasonable.
Notify me when the fed comes to remove it from your house and truck, till then WHINGEEEEEEEEWHINGEWHINGE
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday June 25 2020, @01:09AM
Except when they can't, of course. In the US, quite a lot is illegal for the state to ban.