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Verizon joins boycott, pauses advertisements on Fb

Verizon mentioned on Thursday it was pausing promoting on Fb in July, in help of a marketing campaign that known as out the social media large for not doing sufficient to cease hate speech on its platforms.
Verizon said on Thursday it was pausing advertising on Facebook in July, 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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