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Fb Ad Boycott Will Go on After Zuckerberg, Sandberg Blow Off Civil Rights Teams' Calls for

CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg of Fb—the social media firm you could acknowledge from United Nations accusations of complicity in genocide and its position in recklessly flooding the online with conspiracy theories and extremism—predictably didn't placate a coalition of civil rights teams main an ad boycott at a gathering on Tuesday, the teams mentioned. As such, the boycott will go on.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook—the social media company you may recognize from United Nations accusations of complicity in genocide and its role in recklessly flooding the web with conspiracy theories and extremism—predictably failed to placate a coalition of civil rights groups leading an ad boycott at a meeting on Tuesday, the groups said. As such, the boycott will go on.

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