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CNBC has more details: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/26/unilever-pauses-facebook-and-twitter-advertising-for-rest-of-2020-due-to-polarized-atmosphere-in-us.html
by SheinhardtWigCo 6y ago
CNBC has more details: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/26/unilever-pauses-facebook-and-twitter-advertising-for-rest-of-2020-due-to-polarized-atmosphere-in-us.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/26/unilever-pauses-facebook-and...
> In a recent memo to advertisers obtained by CNBC, Facebook’s VP of global marketing solutions, Carolyn Everson, said “boycotting in general is not the way for us to make progress together.”
Well, yeah, that’s the point.
> “I also really hope by now you know that we do not make policy changes tied to revenue pressure,” she said in the memo. “We set our policies based on principles rather than business interests.”
What an absurd statement. This is like Google saying “Privacy is at the heart of everything we do.” It comes off as disingenuous, desperate and embarrassing.
- freehunter 6y agoFacebook is saying that loss of revenue will not cause them to change their business. How many other businesses run that way? Where else is Facebook getting the money to operate without revenue? How long can Facebook operate without revenue? That’s such a weird statement. What are they actually saying with that comment?