• Ben & Jerry’s, Eddie Bauer join Facebook ad boycott

    Ben & Jerry’s, Eddie Bauer join Facebook ad boycott

    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 …