Mark Zuckerberg has sat down several times with Donald Trump….
They talk….
Donald Trump regularly supports and make’s racist remarks and says things that are untrue and feels that it’s ok……..
THAT is a growing issue for Facebook, which has been reluctant to follow social media platform Twitter in self censoring content…
It is costing Facebook revenue now as advertisers in the hundreds have banded together to stop having their ads on the platform while they negotiate to have some movement on this issue…
The ‘Wild West’ of the internet is coming to an end….
‘Free speech does NOT mean hurtful , support of violence and outright lies’
More than 750 companies including Coca-Cola, Hershey and Unilever have already temporarily paused their advertising on Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram. More companies have joined the movement every day, with recent additions including Walgreens, Best Buy, Ford and Adidas. More than 200 advertisers joined in the past 24 hours.
Kerri Pollard, senior vice president of the membership platform Patreon — which is pulling all of its ads from Facebook and Instagram — said that the recent string of concessions still did little to address the company’s core concern: Zuckerberg’s characterization of free speech. The Facebook CEO has said he believes that social platforms should not fact-check politicians.
“Until he softens that, which would affect that entire business internally and externally, we’re not going to feel comfortable returning to the platform,” Pollard said. Patreon in 2018 booted far-right personalities off its platform in response to criticism.
But fact-checking politicians could have wide-ranging consequences, too. Facebook’s business model depends on engagement: The more time people spend viewing content on the platform, and the more they click and interact with others, the more they are exposed to advertising in Facebook’s scrolling news feed. Critics have argued that divisive and emotional content spreads more rapidly, particularly in like-minded private Facebook groups. That outrage is built into Facebook’s ability to profit….
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Update…
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg will meet with civil rights leaders Tuesday as the social media company confronts a major advertising boycott over concerns the social network profits from the spread and amplification of hatred and outrage.
In a Facebook post Tuesday morning, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg placed the meetings in the context of ongoing protests and calls to root out racism in American society. Civil rights leaders are expected to use the sessions to press Sandberg and Zuckerberg to institute changes at Facebook, including installing a top level executive who will ensure the global platform does not fuel racism and radicalization.
“The platform needs to put in guardrails to protect people and protect our democracy,” said Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP. “This is not about freedom of expression…
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