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Verizon Joins Growing Facebook Advertiser Boycott [Updated]

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday June 27 2020, @05:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the biggest-loser-competition dept.

Freeman writes:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/facebook-faces-advertiser-backlash-over-its-handling-of-racism-hate-speech/

"Amid this global movement to end anti-Blackness, we credit these companies for answering our call swiftly and taking a clear stand for what's right so we can hold Facebook accountable for its racist policies," said Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, which is one of the groups organizing the boycott.

Almost 100 firms have joined the boycott so far, Robinson said, adding: "Facebook has a decision to make: adopt a civil rights infrastructure or continue to see key advertisers dropping from its platform."

[...] Most recently, the tension between Facebook and the content its users share has come to a head due to messages posted by President Donald Trump and his re-election campaign in the past month, amid nationwide protests in support of Black communities and against police violence. Twitter in late May took action against a Trump tweet by appending a warning that it glorified violence against protesters, in contravention of the site's rules. Facebook, however, took no action against the same content, and the company took heat from both civil rights advocates and employees over that choice.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Sulla on Sunday June 28 2020, @12:45AM (2 children)

    by Sulla (5173) on Sunday June 28 2020, @12:45AM (#1013484) Journal

    I don't know why you're calling them Marxists. Either you've never read Marx, or they are using the term to describe themselves inaccurately, for unknown reasons.

    I call them Marxists because thats what some of the CHAZ types have been calling themselves, I have read Marx and while a special few are possible Marxists I think the vast majority are just authoritarians. I agree with everything you said. Either way, its fun watching corporations bend over backwards for the same people who will destroy them next.

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 28 2020, @08:07AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 28 2020, @08:07AM (#1013603)

    Either way, its fun watching corporations bend over backwards for the same people who will destroy them next.

    You're idiot, mon cher.

    Let's recap

    I don't know why you're calling them Marxists. Either you've never read Marx, or they are using the term to describe themselves inaccurately, for unknown reasons.

    I call them Marxists because thats what some of the CHAZ types have been calling themselves,... I agree with everything you said.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 30 2020, @03:50AM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 30 2020, @03:50AM (#1014365) Journal
      Keep in mind that there's no reason for us to care that the grandparent doesn't understand the use of labels like Marxist. Appropriate or not, use of labels like Marxism don't depend on some poster's understanding to be so.