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It's Zuckerberg and Facebook's Time to Bend
The ad boycott over Facebook’s content policies reflects new and lasting societal, political and regulatory crosscurrents. Meaningful change is required.
The pressure is on.
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Mark Zuckerberg has a problem, and he can fix it.
Public furor over Facebook Inc.’s content policies has led some of its biggest advertisers to take action, with brands from Starbucks Corp. to Unilever, Coca-Cola Co. and Verizon Communications Inc. all vowing to pull ads from the social media giant’s namesake Facebook platform as well as Instagram for at least the month of July.