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Ben & Jerrys said it was also joining the Stop the Hate for Profit initiative supported by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and other rights groups. Facebook makes an estimated $70 billion annually from ads. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Hede2000)

Facebook losing ads because of its inaction against hate speech

Popular US icecream brand Ben & Jerry's becomes latest to join Facebook ad boycott

24 Jun 2020 4:31 PM IST

Retired ISA Harsh Mander. (PTI Photo)

Delhi riots case: Ex-civil servants fear 'misuse of law' against Harsh...

In an 'Open Letter' to public, retired civil servants talked about continued misrepresentation of Mander's speech at...

12 Jun 2020 1:30 PM IST

It was unclear whether Disneys cut on ads was in protest over Facebooks inaction over hate speech. The economic fallout from the pandemic has also cut into companies advertising budgets. (Photo | AFP)

Disney cuts big chunk of ads on Facebook, Instagram

Disney, Facebook's biggest advertiser this year, joins hundreds of firms that paused spending on the social media...

20 July 2020 1:56 PM IST

These advertisers will be back soon enough. Were not gonna change our policies or approach on anything because of a threat to a small percent of our revenue, or to any percent of our revenue, Mark Zuckerberg was quoted as saying in a transcript of remarks made at an employees meeting. (Photo | AP)

Facebook looking to score points for just optics, no action taken on...

They said at a virtual meeting with Zuckerberg they "didn't hear anything...to convince us that Zuckerberg and...

8 July 2020 8:17 PM IST

Its not clear that Mark Zuckerberg will see any reason to bend to meet protesters demands. (Photo | Wikipedia - Anthony Quintano)

Having 8 million advertisers, will Facebook be hurt because a few...

Data of past boycotts suggests the observable impact is relatively mild, a business intelligence firm said.

2 July 2020 8:54 PM IST

The question arises: does Facebook and YouTubes own content moderation norms not kick in? And if it requires government or court to order hate speech removed, does it mean that the ruling partys hate speech stays on these platforms if nobody objects? (Photo | Flickr - SAJV CSAJ)

YouTube, Facebook say they're willing to block AIMIM supporter on...

It was unclear what prevented the social media companies from following their own rules for content moderation on...

17 Aug 2020 2:50 PM IST

Facebook said will also make it clearer which parts of its Workplace internal message board is for discussing contentious political or social issues, and carefully moderate those conversations. (Representative Image)

As things get heated on internal message boards, Facebook mulls...

A year ago on getting complaints about heated, abusive posts, Google told staff to be responsible and thoughtful on...

18 Sept 2020 5:42 PM IST

The failure of Facebook to appear before the committee shows that it is trying to hide its role in the Delhi riots, Aam Aadmi Partys Raghav Chadha told reporters. This photograph shows a riot affected area in NE Delhi as on 8 March 2020 (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - DTM)

Facebook India chief Ajit Mohan gives hate speech hearing a miss

Last week, a Delhi Assembly panel had summoned him to determine if the social networking site deliberately ignored...

15 Sept 2020 8:41 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights group said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST

Facebook should not be complicit in more offline violence, much less another genocide (referring to charges of spurring Myanmars systematic killing of Rohingya people), but the pattern of inaction displayed by the company is reckless to the point of complicity, the letter stated. This photograph shows Facebook India Policy Chief Ankhi Das posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo | Facebook - Ankhi Das)

Over 40 rights groups write to Zuckerberg seeking Ankhi Das' removal...

The rights groups said the bias in policy led by Ankhi Das had spurred violence against minorities in India.

10 Sept 2020 5:40 PM IST

While it is understandable that social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter remove content that incites or promotes violence, they are not currently archiving this material in a manner that is accessible for investigators and researchers to help hold perpetrators to account , HRW said.

Not enough to remove hate speech, social networks must archive...

Online posts could also help document atrocities and abuses such as chemical weapons attacks in Syria and police abuse...

10 Sept 2020 4:22 PM IST

Its no secret that millions of jobs have been lost since the onset of the pandemic and workers who are part of the informal sector, the mainstay of the Indian economy, have been very badly hit. (Representational image: PTI)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Polarisation in pandemic times is the price we...

The narrative grabbing headlines in recent days pivots around the persistent drip-drip of hate speech against minorities

30 Dec 2021 7:30 AM IST