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Huge outside manufacturers be part of #StopHateForProfit marketing campaign, boycott Fb and Instagram advertisements

As companies fall over themselves to carry out their largely abrupt commitments to racial justice, a number of corporations are seizing the second to name out Fb for its personal failings. A handful of the largest names in outside gear have suspended advertisements throughout Fb and Instagram for the month of July …
As corporations fall over themselves to perform their mostly abrupt commitments to racial justice, a few companies are seizing the moment to call out Facebook for its own failings. A handful of the biggest names in outdoor gear have suspended ads across Facebook and Instagram for the month of July …

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Author: Taylor Hatmaker

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Taylor Hatmaker has recently written 11 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "A new policy-focused nonprofit that emerged from the recent wave of big tech scrutiny is calling for members of Facebooks Oversight Board to either step up or step down". (July 21, 2020)
  2. "The election is settled, but the nation is far from it. Before Election Day in the U.S., Facebook hit pause on all political and social issue ads". (November 11, 2020)
  3. "Georgia is the only state in the U.S. right now where Facebook allows political ads to run, but after Tuesdays polls close thats set to change". (January 6, 2021)
  4. "With their big day before lawmakers just around the corner, previews of Google (well, Alphabet), Facebook, Amazon and Apples opening statements are now available on the House Judiciary Committees site". (July 29, 2020)
  5. "To fill its empty CMO position, Facebook just promoted to the C-suite a longtime Facebook executive focused on product growth. Former VP of product growth and analytics Alex Schultz, who has been with the company since 2007, announced the move Tuesday in a Facebook post". (September 30, 2020)
  6. "With the election looming and a pandemic still raging through the U.S., a shortage of poll workers is just one of many threats to voting this November but its a big one". (September 11, 2020)
  7. "The FTC is ordering the companies behind many of the largest social and video platforms to explain how they use the treasure troves of data they harvest from users". (December 15, 2020)
  8. "What began as a relatively small effort by activist organizations to hold Facebook accountable for perceived policy failings has snowballed into a mass corporate backlash and a rare moment of discomfort for a company that enjoys its status as one of techs untouchable giants". (July 8, 2020)
  9. "Following a particularly dark and vivid display of the threats to the 2020 U.S. election during Tuesdays first presidential debate, Facebook has further clarified its new rules around election-related ads". (October 1, 2020)
  10. "Facebook removed accounts belonging to far-right group Patriot Prayer and its leader Joey Gibson on Friday, citing a new effort to eradicate violent social militias from the platform". (September 5, 2020)
  11. "In one of the first substantive moments at Wednesdays major tech hearing, Facebooks 2012 acquisition of Instagram came under fire, unearthing a few new revelations about the companys internal thinking at the time". (July 29, 2020)
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