Since Floyd's death, Facebook has allowed posts in which US president Donald Trump called protesters"thugs" andFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg decided not to take action in removing the content despite requests. Twitter, on the other hand,In light of Zuckerberg's inaction, companies like The North Face, REI, and Talkspace have halted their paid advertising on Facebook - some of them just for the month of July.
"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," Steve Lesnard, The North Face's global VP of marketing, said in a statement.For 82 years, we have put people over profits. We're pulling all Facebook/Instagram advertising for the month of July.