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Factbox: Extra firms be a part of Fb advert boycott bandwagon

A protracted checklist of firms have pulled promoting from Fb Inc in assist of a marketing campaign that referred to as out the social media large for not doing sufficient to cease hate speech on its platforms.
A long list of companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms.

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  5. "Facebook France has accepted paying more than 100 million euros in taxes, including a penalty, relating to its accounting years before 2018, French financial magazine Capital reported on its website". (August 24, 2020)
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  11. "Google urged the European Commission on Thursday to avoid a one-size-fits-all approach to the tech industry in its forthcoming Digital Services Act". (September 3, 2020)
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