Verizon boycotts Facebook (for a month)


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Jun 25 2020 14 mins   2k
Joining the likes of REI, Patagonia and others, Verizon is the biggest company by far to pull advertising from Facebook to protest the social media company’s moderation policies and overall corporate approach to combating misinformation. Can a boycott that’s just a month long lead to lasting change? We’ll talk about it. Plus: The country’s mayors speak out about racism in criminal justice. As always, you can find a list of everything we talked about today at makemesmart.org.