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A Facebook ad boycott gathered more steam on Thursday, when telecom giant Verizon said it would pull ads in July over criticisms of the social media giant’s failure to monitor hate speech. The “Stop the Hate for Profit” campaign had already convinced Unilever-owned ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s to join the campaign, as well …

Halsey is preparing to release a very personal book. The “Without Me” singer is releasing a book of poetry titled “I Would Leave Me if I Could” on Nov. 10, 2020. Being published by Simon & Schuster, the book of poems will examine the highs and lows of doomed relationships, family ties, sexuality and mental …

The head of the NAACP called Facebook a major threat to democracy amid a growing advertising boycott over the social-media giant’s approach to hate speech. “They are probably one of the biggest threats to democracy that we see,” Derrick Johnson, the civil-rights group’s president and CEO, said Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “They have fanned …

On the heels of a new Dolly Parton book, another classic country star, Willie Nelson, 87, and his sister, Bobbie Nelson, 89, announced that they’ve penned a memoir. The tome, “Me and Sister Bobbie: True Tales of the Family Band,” will detail their family bond playing music together, with alternating chapters by each sibling. It’s …

Ben & Jerry’s and Eddie Bauer have joined a Facebook advertising boycott over concerns about how the social-media giant handles hate speech. The ice-cream brand and the sportswear retailer pledged Tuesday to pause Facebook and Instagram ad spending for July in support of the “#StopHateForProfit” campaign launched by a coalition of civil-rights groups. In a …

Ben & Jerry’s on Tuesday became the latest major company to join an advertising boycott of Facebook, saying that it stands with all of those calling for the tech giant to take greater steps to police abusive content on the platform. The ice cream brand said in a statement that its ad boycott would begin …

The boss of Ben & Jerry’s says the ice cream slinger is considering joining a growing Facebook ads boycott, but thinks it doesn’t go far enough. Facebook’s failure to police hate speech and misinformation “is not fully right with our values, period,” Chief Executive Matthew McCarthy said, adding that the revenue generated by the social …

Outdoor apparel brand Patagonia will pause its ads on Facebook and Facebook’s photo-sharing app, Instagram, making it the latest company to join a boycott campaign organized by US civil rights groups. “We will pull all ads on Facebook and Instagram, effective immediately, through at least the end of July, pending meaningful action from the social …

Luxury department store Neiman Marcus opened its first Big Apple location last year — and it’s already up for grabs thanks to the coronavirus. Developer Related Companies is in talks with social media giant Facebook to take over the three floors Neiman Marcus now occupies at Hudson Yards, according to a WWD report. “Neiman wants …

Google’s advertising business is experiencing a major slowdown due to the coronavirus-battered travel industry. The search giant will see its ad revenue drop for the first time in more than a decade, according to data from research firm eMarketer, as the travel industry — normally one of the platform’s most rock-solid spenders — pulls back …