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Over 1,000 companies boycotted Facebook. Did it work?

Major advertisers cut spending by millions of dollars in July, but not enough to significantly damage the platform's revenue

Facebook beats Q2 estimates with 11% growth in revenue despite coronavirus

Ad sales, which contribute nearly all of Facebook's revenue, rose 10% to $18.3 billion in the Q2 as people under lockdown spent more time online

Facebook plans to ban political ads before US Presidential election: Report

A highly-anticipated audit of Facebook practices revealed this week that the company's decision not to remove controversial posts by President Donald Trump was "deeply troubling"

Facebook ad boycott organisers see 'no commitment to action' in CEO meeting

More than 900 advertisers have signed on to the "Stop Hate for Profit" campaign, organized by social justice groups including the Anti-Defamation League and Free Press

Starbucks latest to pause social media ads over call for Facebook's boycott

Starbucks is the latest company to say it will pause social media ads after a campaign led by civil rights organizations called for an ad boycott of Facebook, saying it doesn't do enough to stop racist and violent content. Starbucks said Sunday that its actions were not part of the #StopHateforProfit campaign, but that it is pausing its social ads while talking with civil rights organizations and its media partners about how to stop hate speech online. The coffee chain's announcement follows statements from Unilever, the European consumer-goods giant behind Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Dove soap; Coca-Cola; cellphone company Verizon and outdoors companies like Patagonia, Eddie Bauer and REI; film company Magnolia Pictures; jeans maker Levi's and dozens of smaller companies. Some of the companies will pause ads just on Facebook, while others will refrain from advertising more broadly on social media. In response to companies halting advertising, Facebook executive Carolyn Everson ...

Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 billion as companies boycott Facebook ads

The share-price drop eliminated $56 billion from Facebook's market value and pushed Zuckerberg's net worth down to $82.3 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index

Facebook takes down Donald Trump ads over 'organised hate' policy

The symbol was in Facebook ads run on pages belonging to Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, as well as on ads and organic posts on the "Team Trump" page.

Instagram to show ads in IGTV videos, share revenue with content creators

In addition to ads, Instagram would also roll out 'badges' next month that can be purchased by subscribers from their favourite creators

Data watch: Pro-govt pages, BJP spend most on Facebook, Insta ads in Feb

The list put out by Facebook also shows that the top three advertisers are all pro-government pages, namely - Bharat Ke Mann Ki Baat, Nation with NaMo and MyGov India

Ahead of 2019 polls, Facebook to make stricter rules to check political ads

Facebook will place electoral ads in a searchable online library starting from next month

Groups mask partisan attacks behind neutral-sounding names in Facebook ads

A campaign or outside group can set up many Facebook pages, each corresponding to a specific race or target demographics, and then put those pages' messages in front of voters with ads

Reinforcing stereotypes? Facebook letting job advertisers target only men

Facebook has argued that it is not liable for the content its users - in this case, advertisers - post on its platform

US gun control: Facebook prohibits weapon accessory ads to users under 18

The social network currently bans advertisements for the sale of weapons and modifications, like magazines

Facebook says users must accept targeted ads even under new EU law

The EU law, which takes effect next month, promises the biggest shakeup in online privacy since the birth of the internet.

Facebook is spying on you, just not through your phone's mic

Advertising is an important staple of the free internet, but the companies buying and selling ads are turning into stalkers

Soaring mobile ad sales boost Facebook Q4 revenue to $12.97 billion

Daily active users (DAUs) were 1.40 billion on average for December 2017 -- an increase of 14 per cent year-over-year

Facebook ads targeting young workers focus of US lawsuit

The lawsuit is the latest example of criticism levelled at Facebook for so-called micro-targeting

Facebook allowed housing ads that are racist, exclude minorities

Housing, employment and credit are the three areas in which federal law prohibits discriminatory ads