Here are the (many) companies pulling their ads from Facebook
Facebook has been a platform with wobbly ethics and questionable rules for some time — and now it’s facing consequences where they hurt the social media network most. As many…
Coca Cola gives up on social media advertising entirely
The company is taking 30 days to ‘reassess’ its ad policies
Facebook to add link to ‘authoritative’ info on posts about voting—even Trump’s
Facebook took a teeny step forward on its tightrope walk between helping people vote in 2020 and not pissing off President Donald Trump. In a livestreamed video Friday, Facebook CEO…
Facebook announces bold plan to label some awful content, sometimes
Mark Zuckerberg has a bold new plan to occasionally do something about content that violates Facebook’s policies. Every now and then. When the company feels like it. In a Friday…
Facebook expands hate speech rules in ads, but regular racist posts are still OK
Facebook has had enough of hate speech… well, in ads, at least. The company’s founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced a slew of new policies on Friday meant to combat…
Best tech books of 2020 (so far)
A lot happened in the tech industry in 2020. Big Tech faced anti-trust investigations. New villains scraped our data. Misinformation about the deadly coronavirus, voting, and protests spread like wildfire…
Facebook will label controversial content, ban hate speech in ads after boycott
It’s a big reversal by the social network
Brand leviathan Unilever pulls ads from Facebook, cites ‘polarized times’
When the makers of Axe body spray don’t want to be associated with your brand, you know you’ve got a serious problem. London-based conglomerate Unilever announced Friday that it will…
Verizon pulls ads from Facebook and Instagram amid growing boycott
Verizon is the latest company joining the #StopHateForProfit boycott
Verizon decides Facebook doesn’t need its ad money after all
Mark Zuckerberg can definitely hear Verizon now. The telecommunications giant announced Thursday that it is immediately ceasing all advertising on Facebook. So reports CNBC, which notes that Verizon is joining…