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

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: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 28 2020, @02:02AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 28 2020, @02:02AM (#1013516)

    Likely unbeknownst to most Americans, the alt-right has appropriated a version of the “okay” symbol for their own purposes because it looks like the initials for “white power”

    Ah 4chan. One of the most successful trolls ever performed.

    OP
    Guys what if we make the OK sign a white power symbol because the left is dumb enough to believe anything(attached image of Trump making the sign)

    Anon
    Fake and gay, sage

    Anon
    kek lets do it (picture of random democrat making the symbol)

    Thousands of images of random people making the OK symbol being pushed on twitter as white supremacist later, and its paying large dividends in lol's. TLDR liberals TDS is so bad they believe anything as long as it fits their narrative.

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