{"id":142080,"date":"2020-06-25T17:37:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T21:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=142080"},"modified":"2020-06-25T17:47:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T21:47:05","slug":"woke-af-verizon-is-pulling-advertising-from-facebook-and-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/woke-af-verizon-is-pulling-advertising-from-facebook-and-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"WOKE AF: Verizon Is Pulling Advertising From Facebook And Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Verizon is the latest corporate business to bow to the mob and boycott advertising on Facebook and Instagram&#8212;-an apparent attempt to be extra woke.<\/p>\n<p>The wireless carrier joins Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s, Patagonia, The North Face, REI and others in the &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stophateforprofit.org\/\">#StopHateForProfit<\/a>\u201d campaign, a movement aimed at pressuring social media companies to restrict certain speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have strict content policies in place and have zero tolerance when they are breached, we take action,\u201d Verizon\u2019s John Nitti said. \u201cWe\u2019re pausing our advertising until Facebook can create an acceptable solution that makes us comfortable and is consistent with what we\u2019ve done with YouTube and other partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stophateforprofit.org\/\">#StopHateForProfit<\/a>\u201d campaign was started by far-left groups claiming Facebook &#8220;turned a blind eye to blatant voter suppression on their platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The group, led by the Anti-Defamation League, the Color of Change and the NAACP are outraged that, among other things, Facebook labeled Breitbart News a \u201ctrusted news source\u201d and made The Daily Caller a \u201cfact checker.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Color of Change website states: \u201cFrom the monetization of hate speech to discrimination in their algorithms to the proliferation of voter suppression to the silencing of Black voices, Facebook has refused to take responsibility for hate, bias, and discrimination growing on their platforms. 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