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Ford pauses U.S. social media promoting, requires hate speech to be 'eradicated' from content material

Ford Motor Co stated on Monday it might pause promoting on all social media platforms in america for the subsequent 30 days, becoming a member of a rising listing of corporations which have stopped spending on Fb Inc in help of a marketing campaign that referred to as out the corporate for not doing sufficient to cease hate speech on its platform.
Ford Motor Co said on Monday it would pause advertising on all social media platforms in the United States for the next 30 days, joining a growing list of companies that have stopped spending on Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the company for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platform.

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