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Fb agrees to audit its hate speech controls

Fb Inc stated on Monday it might submit itself to an audit of the way it controls hate speech in a bid to appease a rising promoting boycott of the platform, because it ready to deal with a bunch of advertisers on Tuesday.
Facebook Inc said on Monday it would submit itself to an audit of how it controls hate speech in a bid to appease a growing advertising boycott of the platform, as it prepared to address a group of advertisers on Tuesday.

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  1. "Advertisements for more than 400 brands including Coca-Cola and Starbucks are due to vanish from Facebook on Wednesday, after the failure of last-ditch talks to stop a boycott over hate speech on the site". (July 1, 2020)
  2. "Google Inc's U.S. advertising revenue will drop 5.3% as brands pare spending during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an eMarketer report on Monday, the first decline since 2008 when the research firm began estimating the Alphabet Inc unit's ad revenues". (June 22, 2020)
  3. "Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's YouTube failed to curb hate speech and misinformation last year as the United States struggled with widespread polarization about the presidential election and coronavirus, a study released on Monday showed". (February 8, 2021)
  4. "Unilever PLC said on Friday it will stop advertising on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter in the United States for the rest of the year, citing "divisiveness and hate speech during this polarized election period in the U.S". (June 26, 2020)
  5. "Organizers of a Facebook Inc advertising boycott campaign that has drawn support from a rapidly expanding list of major companies are now preparing to take the battle global to increase pressure on the social media company to remove hate speech". (June 28, 2020)
  6. "Alphabet Inc's Google on Friday said it will prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on "dangerous content" that goes against scientific consensus during the coronavirus pandemic". (July 17, 2020)
  7. "Facebook Inc said in a blog post Monday it will begin rolling out a notification for iPhone users globally about how data is used for personalized ads, in an attempt to get ahead of upcoming Apple Inc privacy changes that Facebook says will hurt its advertising business". (February 1, 2021)
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