Facebook is increasing its surveillance on news-based and promotional posts. Hundreds of US-based companies, including Unilever and Coca-Cola is giving pressure to stop advertising on Facebook. That’s why Facebook took this dissection.
The boycott of Facebook is being carried out under the protest program titled ‘Stop Hate for Profit’. The program was launched in May after the death of George Floyd, an African-American, in a police crackdown. protest organizers accused Facebook that they don’t even bother to post ‘racist, violent and definitely false information.”
Facebook earns about seventy billion dollars a year from advertising, including the Instagram-WhatsApp app. As a result, the company has taken steps to identify controversial posts as ‘harmful’ after losing advertisements. Including controversial posts is that of US President Donald Trump.
