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RT @elanazak: Attention audience editors ➡️ Facebook is updating how it ranks news stories in its algorithm: - Prioritize original reportin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says it’s pulling ads from Facebook and Instagram next month. https://t.co/YFhUgXlYEF — PolitiTweet.org

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And now Ford says it’ll suspend “all national social media advertising for the next 30 days,” adding that “hate speech, violence and racial injustice on social platforms needs to be eradicated.” By my count, that makes it the second automaker after Honda’s US arm to announce. — PolitiTweet.org

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Microsoft may be the biggest advertiser yet to abandon Facebook this year; according to Pathmatics, it was Facebook’s third-largest advertiser in 2019 and spent nearly $116 million. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNN: Twitch has suspended an account belonging to the Trump campaign, saying that "hateful conduct is not allowed." The video streamin… — PolitiTweet.org

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A @Microsoft spokesperson just confirmed to me that this report by @inafried is accurate — the company suspended its US Facebook advertising in May, weeks before the launch of #StopHateForProfit https://t.co/WEXgBxIZgl — PolitiTweet.org

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None of the three brands said they were officially joining the #StopHateForProfit campaign, but Clorox said its commitment runs through 2020 as it predicted hate speech to increase “through the balance of the year." — PolitiTweet.org

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More major brands said this afternoon they’re pulling Facebook ads — including Adidas, Clorox, and HP. HP was FB’s 80th-biggest advertiser last year, per Pathmatics, spending ~$24.7m. — PolitiTweet.org

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Are the social media companies doing the deplatforming today trying to ride the coattails of brands backing out of Facebook advertising, or is it the other way around? Who’s using whom? — PolitiTweet.org

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The Trump campaign’s response to Twitch is to basically ignore Twitch and use the occasion to drive campaign engagement and data. "To hear directly from the President, people should download the Trump app and text ‘Trump’ to 88022,” campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh told me. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @oneunderscore__: Once again, this was a DEAD SUBREDDIT. One post in the last 100 days. They already moved off site. Performative stuff… — PolitiTweet.org

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It sounds like what Detroit’s police chief was trying to do is explain how facial recognition is just supposed to be a guide or an aid. What he unintentionally did was say that the tool they pay for almost never works accurately: https://t.co/nAwT1oWN2o via @jason_koebler https://t.co/HniKVExWOq — PolitiTweet.org

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Still waiting for airline execs to promise us that seat pitch will never be the same and that battles over reclining will be a thing of the past — PolitiTweet.org

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@zerofiltertruth @LaMonicaBuzz Here’s video of the remarks: https://t.co/1Sd6BdcS5n And here’s the Washington Post's transcript: https://t.co/uybS5bAqEE https://t.co/e3x5BmqjPd — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sarafischer: JUST IN: Republican lawmakers already weighing in on @reddit decision to ban r/The_Donald forum. "With 2020 fast approac… — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s a temporary suspension, but Twitch is now the latest digital platform to take a tougher line on Trump in recent weeks. The Trump campaign didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. https://t.co/noHDbIegwy — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump campaign’s Twitch account has been suspended, the company says, over videos of two rallies — the Tusla event where Trump spoke hypothetically of “a very tough hombre” breaking & entering; and the 2016 rally where he called Mexicans rapists: https://t.co/noHDbIegwy — PolitiTweet.org

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reddit drops the banhammer on r/the_donald: https://t.co/JXzfe2FULg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @natjarv: India is TikTok's largest market, with about 30 percent share of downloads, per Sensor Tower https://t.co/b27mmF214O — PolitiTweet.org

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The spokesman, Eliot Marcus, told me the commitment will also cover the Facebook Audience Network. — PolitiTweet.org

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The diner brand @DennysDiner won’t advertise on Facebook or Instagram in July, becoming what a spokesman said is the first restaurant brand to join #StopHateForProfit https://t.co/kmnzJi4XCz — PolitiTweet.org

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Patreon tells me this will be a global pause that includes the Facebook Audience Network, but declines to share how much the company has spent on Facebook advertising. — PolitiTweet.org

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Is it Friday yet? — PolitiTweet.org

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Crowdfunding site @Patreon is pulling Facebook and Instagram ads now as part of the #StopHateForProfit campaign: https://t.co/iTTwL6mhpI — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: Beam Suntory, the maker of Jim Beam, Maker's Mark and other spirits, says it's pulling Facebook and Instagram ads in July, joining the #StopHateForProfit campaign. Their statement to CNN: https://t.co/QiW68JG4ik — PolitiTweet.org

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For more estimates on which are the biggest brands advertising on Facebook, see our reporting here — and why determining the impact of the ad boycott may be harder to tell than we think: https://t.co/PyBRzWFMvj — PolitiTweet.org

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NEW: @Starbucks pulling ads from *all* social media platforms, not just Facebook. While not officially part of #StopHateForProfit, this is a huge blow to FB; Starbucks was its 6th-largest advertiser last year, per Pathmatics, spending nearly $95 million. https://t.co/ZI2bSILtZ7 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: Right now on @ReliableSources: Facebook VP @Nick_Clegg — PolitiTweet.org

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@jilliancyork Good morning! — PolitiTweet.org

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@jilliancyork He needs to be that close in order to harvest the data from your soul, Jillian — PolitiTweet.org