U.S. civil rights groups call for pausing ad spending on Facebook
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Facebook is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
The groups, which include the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Anti-Defamation League , on Wednesday launcheda"#StopHateforProfit" campaign that calls for halting advertising on the social network in July. In a newspaper ad that urges large corporate advertisers to “send Facebook a powerful message”, the groups said: “Your profits will never be worth promoting hate, bigotry, racism, antisemitism and violence.”The death of African American George Floyd at the hands of police last month triggered widespread protests and prompted several large corporations to re-examine issues around diversity and racial inequality.
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