Can an ad boycott fix Facebooks hate speech problem?

Published: July 6, 2020, 4:10 a.m.

b'Over 800 companies, including Microsoft, Lululemon, Pfizer and Canada\\u2019s five biggest banks are pulling their ads from Facebook this month. They\\u2019re just a few of the companies responding to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want white supremacist content and misleading climate and vaccine information off the platform.\\n\\nToday on Front Burner, we talk to McGill\\u2019s Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications and Big Tech Podcast co-host Taylor Owen on whether a threat to the tech giant\\u2019s bottom line is the right incentive to deal with hate speech on the platform.'