Ben & Jerry's just joined the growing list of advertisers boycotting Facebook over the platform's lack of hate speech moderation
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.Ben & Jerry's is halting paid advertising on Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram over the company's hate speech policies, the company announced in a"Facebook, Inc. must take the clear and unequivocal actions to stop its platform from being used to spread and amplify racism and hate," the company said.
Facebook has faced fierce criticism for its approach to moderating hate speech, particularly in the wake of its refusal to act on
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