Verizon, Unilever, REI, The North Face, Honda and Coca-Cola are among the growing list of companies saying they'll join an advertising boycott on Facebook
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A growing list of companies say they'll join an advertiser boycott on Facebook in protest of what they say are the site's failures to stop the spread of hate. A civil rights coalition, which includes the Anti-Defamation League and the NAACP, launched the #StopHateforProfit campaign last week when it called on major corporations to put a pause on advertising on Facebook, citing the company's"repeated failure to meaningfully address the vast proliferation of hate on its platforms."Within days, outdoor retailers REI, The North Face, and Patagonia said they were in. Other companies, including Upwork and Dashlane, joined too.
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