Verizon ditches ads on Facebook citing moderation standards

Published June 26, 2020 1:16am ET



Verizon announced it will join other companies who have pulled advertisements off Facebook recently because it believes the social media platform is not doing enough to monitor hate speech.

In a statement released on Thursday, the telecommunications network said it would temporarily suspend advertising with the Silicon Valley company until an “acceptable” change was made to the standards of policing speech.

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