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The ad boycott of Facebook
These groups, which now boast a collective audience of more than 1 million members, are still thriving after most states started lifting virus restrictions.
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 5, 2020
And many have expanded their focus.https://t.co/UHfS2q4N2g
Network of Facebook groups shifts attacks from stay-at-home orders to Black Lives Matter https://t.co/HJWfpzw4Iu
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) July 5, 2020
Facebook groups that were created to protest coronavirus stay-at-home orders quickly became hubs of misinformation and conspiracy theories. They have now moved on to new targets: Black Lives Matter and protests against racial injustice. https://t.co/WtbnaVRaYf
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 5, 2020
More than 500 companies have kicked off an ad boycott intended to pressure Facebook into taking a stronger stand against hate speech. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to meet with its organizers next week. https://t.co/M3BgE67SQS
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 1, 2020
These are the big brands that haven't pulled ads from Facebook yet https://t.co/Nh9BQwX0nO
— CNN (@CNN) July 1, 2020
I've been saying it for years: Mark Zuckerberg is a POS. https://t.co/oHyZLLnmI4
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) July 1, 2020
NEW: Target tells me they've decided to pause all their ads on Facebook and Instagram for the month of July.
— Jo Ling Kent (@jolingkent) June 30, 2020
"We'll use that time to re-evaluate our plans for the remainder of the year." $TGT
Today's top-performing Facebook link posts in the US are from:
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) June 30, 2020
1. Franklin Graham
2. Donald Trump for President
3. Ben Shapiro
4. Blue Lives Matter
5. Dan Bongino
6. Blue Lives Matter
7. Sarah Palin
8. Breitbart
9. Blue Lives Matter
10. Bernie Sanders
1. This detailed account of how Facebook reacted, as a company, to Trump's "when the looting starts, the shooting starts" pretty much tells you what you need to know about how the company operates https://t.co/zwJQpLej8l
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 29, 2020
Facebook’s @nick_clegg tells @brianstelter that fact-checked content like this is “massively downgraded” in news feed. Then why on Earth was this lie the #3 post on Facebook on Friday? https://t.co/5008R4E6ZL
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) June 28, 2020
Pepsi joining Facebook ad boycott, Fox Business News reports https://t.co/FCbb3wa0vs pic.twitter.com/QbeaG0fa3z
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 28, 2020
Zuckerberg announced a series of steps Friday to try to stem the advertiser exodus from Facebook and it went over like a ton of bricks.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 27, 2020
Partly because the new policies were nibbling at the edges
The other issue is Facebook's big problem is ENFORCEMENThttps://t.co/upx0xSXxUq
The Facebook CEO reportedly told employees he expects advertisers to return "soon enough" https://t.co/zZCxgzVv0h
— CNET (@CNET) July 5, 2020
Sad! 