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These are the 27 major companies that plan to stop advertising on Facebook

Critics of Facebook Inc. have assailed the social network as failing to adequately police hateful and misleading content on its service.

Campaign to boycott Facebook ads plans to go global, says Reuters report

Stop Hate for Profit has already got more than 160 companies to stop spending on Facebook ads & is now looking to Europe to sign on more.

Unilever, Coke, Honda, Hershey — Growing list of Facebook ad boycotts is hurting Zuckerberg

Companies joined a campaign against Facebook, which has been criticised for failing to adequately police hateful and misleading content on its platform.

Facebook, under heat for allowing misleading content, will now label all voting related posts

The new policy on voting means Facebook will label future posts from US President Trump, and everyone else, about mail-in ballots or other voting-related issues.

Facebook plunge sees megacap tech stocks group Fangs suffer worst dip

The amalgamation of internet stocks that has for three months been indestructible dropped more than 4% Friday, the group’s worst session since Covid struck.

Mark Zuckerberg loses $7 billion as companies boycott Facebook ads

Facebook shares fell 8.3% Friday, the most in three months, after Unilever, one of the world’s largest advertisers, joined other brands in boycotting ads on the platform.

Facebook’s $5.7 billion investment in Jio approved by Competition Commission of India

This deal would bring together JioMart, and Facebook's WhatsApp platform to connect consumers with neighbourhood kirana stores.

Twitter hides Trump tweet threatening potential protesters

The tweet, though available, is hidden as part of the platform's policy specific to elected officials and world leaders. No likes or comments of such tweets are allowed.

Eye on US presidential race, Facebook, Google, Twitter pledge vigilance on disinformation

Facebook said it studied conversations surrounding 200 elections around the world, while Twitter tracked the threat of disinformation on race and police brutality.

Facebook takes down Trump’s campaign ad featuring Nazi-related symbols

The ads included an image of an upside-down red triangle. Nazis used red triangles to identify their political victims in concentration camps.

On Camera

When Vajpayee spoke to CII to allay fears—Let not Gujarat violence cloud the good in economy

On 27 April 2002, then-PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee delivered a speech at the annual session of the Confederation of Indian Industry, assuring the completion of Golden Quadrilateral and telling businessmen how deep and strong the roots of Indian secularism are.

India’s GDP to grow at 6.9% in 2024 — UN agency revises its January projection of 6.2%

Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.

With defence push, India looks to capture markets in Africa beyond western Indian Ocean

India’s defence sector is trying to penetrate the African market. But with China already extending significant influence, India must now play catch-up.      

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?