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El boicot a anuncios en Facebook le resta miles de millones en valor de mercado

By Duncan Mil

June 29, 2020 - Son cada vez más las compañías que están retirando publicidad de Facebook a raíz de la campaña “Stop Hate for Profit” para acabar con el discurso de odio y la desinformación en la plataforma de medios sociales

Civil rights groups launched the campaign following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by Minneapolis police on May 25.

Shares in Facebook were poised to fall for a second day after more high-profile businesses, including coffeehouse giant Starbucks and British-based drinks company Diageo, joined the growing number of brands planning to halt spending on social media.

Shares continued to slide by 2.2% in early trading before markets in New York opened on Monday, adding to Friday‘s 8.3% decline after Unilever said it would stop ad spending on Facebook for the rest of the year.

By opening on Monday (June 29), Facebook’s fall in stock price had wiped out $72.5 billion in market value and shaved the net worth of Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg by more than $8bn.

Facebook generated $17.7bn in revenue in the first quarter, including $17.44bn from advertising. Civil rights groups say they expect more corporations to join the boycott, as peer pressure rises. Combined with the pandemic-fuelled economic crisis, the threat to Facebook mounts.

The current publicity around Facebook’s hate speech policies and Zuckerberg’s lack of action on misinformation continues to damage its perception and stock.

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PUBLISHED: 29/06/2020; STORY: Graphic News
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