Facebook has made several commitments to change the way it handles hate speech on its platform — but we’ve yet to see many of them in action.
September 29, 2020

This movie has played out much like it has before. Facebook has committed to change, but even though most of those changes haven’t actually been implemented yet, advertisers returned anyway. The #StopHateForProfit Facebook ad boycott said more than 1,200 companies got involved (though not all advertisers directly associated their Facebook ad spending pauses with the specific campaign), but by early August, only five of Facebook's top 20 advertisers in the U.S. were still keeping their dollars away from the social network. Read more below.

  • For Digiday+ members, Facebook has made several commitments to change the way it handles hate speech on its platform — but we've yet to see many of them in action.
  • A group of 18 former Deadspin employees have launched Defector Media with a much more collective ownership structure.
  • A confluence of national headlines and surging political ad spending appears to be eating into the Facebook referral traffic of several publishers.
  • Food52 is planning to display similar content on its new OTT app as is on its YouTube channel but it will play to a new kind of audience consumption habit: binging.
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Facebook has made several commitments to change the way it handles hate speech on its platform — but we’ve yet to see many of them in action.
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A group of 18 former Deadspin employees have launched Defector Media with a much more collective ownership structure.
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A confluence of national headlines and surging political ad spending appears to be eating into the Facebook referral traffic of several publishers.
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First building up its long form video content on Xumo and YouTube, the food publisher is planning to display similar content on the OTT app, but will play to a new kind of audience consumption habit: binging.
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A group of 18 former Deadspin employees have launched Defector Media with a much more collective ownership structure.
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