CUTTING ZUCK’S BUCKS: can an ad boycott change Facebook?
In this episode:
It’s a story that brings together Mark Zuckerberg, Nick Clegg and the biggest civil rights groups in the US... This week we’re talking about the incredible success of the Stop Hate for Profit Facebook ad boycott. Jessica González, one of the leading figures in the campaign, explains how they’ve persuaded 1,000 advertisers to boycott Facebook over a lack of action on hate speech. Digital organiser Melissa Ryan talks about why social media has such a problem with extremist content. And the Centre for Countering Digital Hate’s Imran Ahmed tells us why mobilising advertisers works.
Guests
Jessica Gonzalez (@JGo4Justice), co-CEO of Free Press
Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan), digital organiser & strategist in the US
Imran Ahmed (@Imi_Ahmed), CEO of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate
More info
Stop Hate for Profit
Guardian: Extend US Facebook boycott to Europe, campaigners urge (Jul 2020)
Guardian: 'It's hitting their pockets': the biggest corporate boycott in Facebook's history (Jul 2020)
NYT: Facebook Fails to Appease Organizers of Ad Boycott (Jul 2020)
Facebook and hate speech
Facebook: Civil Rights Audit (Jul 2020)
NYT: Facebook’s Decisions Were ‘Setbacks for Civil Rights,’ Audit Finds (Jul 2020)
Melissa Ryan: For Facebook, Civil Rights is Merely Politics as Usual
Broader issues
Melissa Ryan: Why Facebook should sit out the 2020 election (Nov 2019)
NYT: Facebook Said to Consider Banning Political Ads (Jul 2020)