Civil rights leaders organizing a major advertising boycott of Facebook said they remained unconvinced that the social network is taking enough action against hate speech and disinformation after meeting with Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook executives on Tuesday.
The groups said they discussed about 10 demands with Facebook’s leaders. Those included Facebook hiring a top executive with a civil rights background, submitting to regular independent audits and updating its community standards.
Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg agreed to hire a civil rights position, but they did not come to a resolution on most other requests, representatives of the groups said. Instead, they said, the Facebook executives reverted to “spin” and firing up its “powerful P.R. machine.”
Facebook said in a statement that the groups “want Facebook to be free of hate speech and so do we.” It reiterated it was taking steps to “keep hate off .”
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Something is quite not right in this picture. We all want to remove hate speeches from FB and other media companies. But this request may back fire.
Many have hate against someone. Many Media outlets have and show some hate or displeasure with the American citizens' choice that led to the loss of Hillary Clinton and the winning of Donald Trump.
Since then, the continue spinning of stories, half truth, and paid opinions to sway people to stand against Trump became a daily 24 hours goal.
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