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CVS, Dunkin’, Lego: The Brands Pulling Ads From Facebook Over Hate Speech

An effort to pressure Facebook to crack down on hate speech and misinformation has prompted dozens of advertisers to say they’ll stop spending on the platform. Facebook is facing a growing boycott by advertisers unhappy with its handling of misinformation and hate speech, and its laissez-faire attitude toward posts from President Trump. The growing list of boycotters includes Best Buy, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Target, CVS, and Hershey’s.

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Boycott Facebook: Civil Rights Groups Call On Big Advertisers to Yank Ads Over Hate Speech Policies

Color Of Change, the NAACP, Anti-Defamation League and several other civil rights groups are calling on major corporate advertisers to withdraw their money from Facebook in July over its failure to stop hate speech. As the nation grapples with how pervasive systemic racism is in the wake of George Floyd’s death, activists say years of private discussions with Facebook execs about racial violence and discrimination on its platform have resulted in next to no changes. Many think money is the only thing that can sway Mark Zuckerberg now.

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Facebook Bans White Nationalist Content

Following intense pressure from COC members and direct engagement with our team, Facebook announced it would no longer allow white nationalist content on its platform. Banning white nationalism and separatist speech on Facebook and Instagram is a huge blow to efforts to spread white supremacy, raise money for anti-Black hate groups, and recruit others. It […]

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Facebook Removes Deceptive Trump Ad

Color Of Change once again held Facebook’s feet to the fire when it decided to run a misleading Trump re-election ad that implied it would take people to participate in the 2020 Census, but routed them to the “Make America Great Again” donation page instead. After we spoke out with tech accountability groups, Facebook reversed course […]

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Color Of Change Responds to Report Exposing Facebook and Twitter Misinformation Campaign Linked to Russian IRA

For Immediate Release: March 12, 2020 Color Of Change Responds to Report Exposing Facebook and Twitter Misinformation Campaign Linked to Russian IRA NATIONWIDE — Following the release today of a report from Facebook, Twitter, CNN and Graphika revealing a misinformation campaign run out of Ghana with close ties to the Russian IRA, Color Of Change, the nation’s […]

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Facebook Removes Misleading Trump Census Ads

Facebook pulled a Trump ad that pretended it would take people to participate in the Census but went to linked to the Make America Great Again donate page. “Going forward, harmful and misleading ads must be flagged in a pre-posting review process, not after they’ve hit hundreds, if not thousands, of news feeds,” Rashad is quoted as saying. Facebook has the most permissive – and most damaging – approach to political speech, allowing candidates to post misleading information and target it to specific audiences.

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Facebook Takes Down Deceptive Trump Campaign Ads — After Allowing Them

Rashad is quoted in this article on Facebook’s decision to let a deceptive Trump campaign ad online before changing its mind. “Facebook has demonstrated once again that protecting its users from misinformation is not a priority, and instead that its integrity can be bought by the Trump campaign. While Facebook has now committed to removing the mis-informing post in question, the damage is done.”

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Color Of Change Responds to Facebook’s Census Interference Policy

For Immediate Release: December 19, 2019 Media Contact: Kwame Belle, kwame.belle@berlinrosen.com|Michelle Morris, michelle.morris@berlinrosen.com NATIONWIDE—In response to Facebook’s Census interference policy, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, Color Of Change, issued the following statement from President Rashad Robinson: “Facebook is taking an important step forward by attempting to promote an accurate Census count, but success […]

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Civil Rights Leaders Dine with Zuckerberg, Press Him on Facebook’s Political Ads

Rashad Robinson reports back on a meeting between civil rights leaders and Facebook CEO Marc Zuckerberg. Voter suppression in the 2020 elections was one of the main topics of discussion. Robinson says they pressed Zuckerberg on Facebook’s political ad policy and ways it could undermine recent progress to reign in hate speech and misinformation on the site.

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Facebook Holds Its First Civil Rights Audit

This year we’ve worked tirelessly to hold Facebook accountable – persuading them to conduct their first civil rights audit and pressing them to adopt stronger policies against white supremacist content. We’ve held dozens of meetings, drawing their attention to how the platform has been used to censor Black activists and allow ads that discriminate against […]

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