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Civil rights teams urge corporations to pause advert spending on Fb

A number of U.S. civil rights teams have referred to as upon a number of the world's largest corporations to pause promoting on Fb Inc, saying the social community just isn't doing sufficient to cease hate speech on its platform.
Several U.S. civil rights groups have called upon some of the world's largest companies to pause advertising on Facebook Inc, saying the social network is not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platform.

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