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The 2020 Facebook ad boycotts were a group of boycotts that took place during the month of July 2020. Much of the boycotts were organized under the Stop Hate for Profit campaign, launched by the advocacy groups the Anti-Defamation League, the NAACP, Color of Change, Common Sense Media, Free Press and Sleeping Giants.
Facebook said some of the participants at the Gun Rights Rally in Richmond, Va., on Jan. 20, 2020, wore the outfit now typical for boogaloo adherents “and we have since tracked the movement’s ...
Still, a boycott can be a positive way for consumers to express themselves through action, King said. "Saying you're going to boycott something does feel like you're casting a vote that you hope ...
In response to these efforts, on July 1, 2020, CNBC reported that "Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to meet with the organizers of the boycott, a spokeswoman said late Tuesday." [30] On July 7, 2020, Members of the Stop Hate For Profit coalition met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
In July 2020, Facebook along with other tech giants Apple, Amazon and Google were accused of maintaining harmful power and anti-competitive strategies to quash potential competitors in the market. [391] The CEOs of respective firms appeared in a teleconference on July 29, 2020, before the lawmakers of the United States Congress. [392]
People on social media are calling for a boycott of Home Depot after its co-founder pledged his support for President Trump in the upcoming 2020 election.
In November 2020, Solomon Islands' Cabinet planned to block access to Facebook in the country in response to a lack of national legislation on internet usage and cybercrime. [67] The motion to block it was started by the prime minister Manasseh Sogavare and communication and civil aviation minister Peter Agovaka. [ 68 ]
A number of prominent companies have scaled back or set aside the diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that much of corporate America endorsed following the protests that accompanied the ...