The North Face pulls ads from Facebook

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

The North Face on Friday became the highest-profile company to join an advertising boycott against Facebook.

The outdoor recreation company tweeted that it would join the campaign launched earlier in the week by several civil rights organizations.

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"Effective June 19th, The North Face is halting all activity and U.S. paid advertising with Facebook until stricter policies are put in place to stop racist, violent or hateful content and misinformation from circulating on the platform," a spokesperson told The Hill in a statement.

"We know that for too long harmful, racist rhetoric and misinformation has made the world unequal and unsafe, and we stand with the NAACP and the other organizations who are working to #StopHateforProfit."

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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/503599-the-north-face-pulls-ads-from-facebook

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Tweet from the North Face:

Link to tweet

We’re in. We’re Out @Facebook
#StopHateForProfit

Learn more: https://stophateforprofit.org

[empedocles]

1. . . . Zuckerberg [is] no longer simply negligent, but in fact complacent in the spread

of misinformation . . . '

I might add RECKLESS and COMPLICIT, in the spread of misinformation.

[Alacritous Crier]

2. ... and a nazi.

[obamanut2012]

25. He is Jewish -- wtf is wromng with you???

Do you call George Soros a Nazi, too?

So, because Zuckerberg is a horrible person, it's okay to be anti-semitic?

[Alacritous Crier]

28. No...

but I call Stephen Miller a nazi.

I judge them by their actions.

[GoneOffShore]

32. He may be a Jew, but is he Jewish?

Here's Dr Jonathan Miller parsing own his identity with Dick Cavett.

Jonathan Miller on his lack of solidarity with his 'fellow' Jews and his sense of solidarity with his fellow humans and his approach to the problem of anti-semitism.

[gristy]

3. I noticed that too.

Complacency is certainly not the problem here. Complicity is. I wonder if the NAACP simply misspelled their intended word...

complacent
[kəmˈplās(ə nt]
ADJECTIVE
showing smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.
"you can't afford to be complacent about security"

complicit
[kəmˈplisit]
ADJECTIVE
involved with others in an illegal activity or wrongdoing.

[lagomorph777]

7. Looks like it should've been written that way. Maybe somebody made them soften it.

[empedocles]

10. 'soften it' for now?

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[Maribelle]

11. And also, to me it's clearly disinformation not misinformation ...

false information cleverly designed to mislead

[empedocles]

23. Yep

[rockfordfile]

22. I agree

[not fooled]

4. fuckerberg sure looks happy

meeting the nazi-in-chief

[link:|]

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Yep, that look of adoration on the zuck face is definitely gag worthy.

The only thing missing is the drool.

[Wawannabe]

5. This is the time to SOCK IT TO EM!

And cancel/delete your account!

Folks. Boycotting the advertisers and advertisers boycotting FB is a drop in the bucket compared to a mass exodus of long time accounts and the explanation that this account is closing due to FB’s policies and support of this administration.

[lagomorph777]

8. Cancel your Falsebook and Twit accounts. You will be glad you did. Putin will be sad.

[Wawannabe]

9. I don't have either.

[lagomorph777]

14. +1 Glad to hear it.

[handmade34]

6. I just contacted them

to offer them a big thanks!

[cp]

12. Good for North Face!

Will get my business.

[Thekaspervote]

13. Yeah!! Next time I need outdoor wear I'll be shopping with North Face

[samsingh]

15. good - i'm reducing my usage of facebook dramatically.

They are getting much fewer views from me these days.

[calimary]

16. Good. Hope this is just the beginning!

[nwliberalkiwi]

17. Take a look at Yahoo

Responses on Yahoo are highly racist and right wing.

[Lucky Luciano]

18. The NAACP should change "complacent" to "complicit"

[Upthevibe]

19. Kick....n/t

[SunSeeker]

21. It has been my experience that it's mostly scammers who advertise on Facebook.

I would never buy any product off a Facebook ad.

[obamanut2012]

26. Not true -- it's mainly legit companies

Both very large and small.

[SunSeeker]

29. I bought a pair of pants from a Facebook ad and will never do that again!

Pants were nothing like the picture, they came from a mail drop in China and were impossible to return. Never again!

Every time an advertised items looks interesting, I do a search on Amazon for it or similar item and invariably can find it for half price or less. That is scamming, whether it is a "legit" company or not.

[Cha]

24. Wow.. Good to know! TY, hpd!

[crickets]

27. Hot damn. Good for them. It would be great if an avalanche of other companies joined in! nt

[Pepsidog]

30. How about Fox too.