Posted on 07/04/2020 4:15:18 AM PDT by C19fan
The advertising boycott battering Facebook is unlike anything the social-media giant has faced in its 16-year history: Three days in, 800 companies worldwide have pulled millions of dollars in advertising from the social network, with brands from Coca-Cola to Ford to global conglomerate Unilever demanding that Facebook monitor hate speech more aggressively. With pullouts mounting and the company’s name constantly tied to racism and hate in the news coverage, CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded by live-streaming part of an employee meeting — one of the few times he’s done that in the company’s history. Then, on Wednesday, Facebook’s powerhouse policy and communications chief, former British deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, issued an open letter, titled “Facebook does not benefit from hate,” touting its efforts to police its content.
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says Jessica González, co-CEO of the left-leaning media advocacy organization Free Press.
An organization called "Free Press" advocating censorship. The irony it burns.
Free speech for me, censorship for thee
> An organization called “Free Press” advocating censorship.
Orwell was a prophet.
“Show me where a man gets his cornpone and I’ll tell you what his opinions are...”
And what opinions he allows.
It looks to me like Facebook has so totally internalized the narrative that embracing values like freedom of speech and individual liberty are racist that they cannot recognize true racism when it stares them in the face. In other words, they have no clue what racism is. And the racism they practice as a result is more insidious than anything the (Democrat) Klan ever did.
Poor Facebook NOT
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