Ford, Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Unilever and dozens of other brands have halted advertising on Facebook as criticism intensifies over the company's handling of racist and hateful rhetoric on the platform.
as a parade of brands began severing their ties with the company. Zuckerberg said Facebook will put warning labels on posts that break its rules, even if they are newsworthy, opening the door to potentially labeling posts by Trump.
For Facebook, which also owns Instagram, advertising is the single most important source of money, bringing in almost all revenue — or close to $70 billion — last year. "The existence of content that includes hate speech, violence and racial injustice on social platforms needs to be eradicated," Deep said in a statement.
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