Freedom of Speech ≠ 💸

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As I've said, Adweek is holding our second annual NexTech event. We kicked it off yesterday with a fair amount of discussion about brand safety and how publishers have navigated Covid-19.

My colleague, Diana Pearl (our deputy brands editor) chatted with Unilever about the company's decision to pull out of Facebook advertising and what it would take for the company to return.

“The bottom line is it comes [down] to accepting responsibility that free speech does not mean the freedom to monetize,” Jennifer Gardner, Unilever’s senior director of media, North America, told Pearl. Read/watch the full interview.

And if you're interested... we have more NexTech coming tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday (details below).

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