Facebook Bows to Ad Boycotts and Will Block Certain Content

Amid a public outcry and a growing boycott by companies that advertise on its platform, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) said it will begin to block content that violates the company's policies. In a post to his Facebook page on Friday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared new measures designed, as he said, "to connect people with authoritative information about voting, crack down on voter suppression, and fight hate speech."

Zuckerberg also said Facebook would take down any post that incites violence or suppresses voting. "Even if a politician or government official says it, if we determine that content may lead to violence or deprive people of their right to vote, we will take that content down," he said. The company plans to label certain other posts that it deems "newsworthy" that might otherwise violate its policies.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Image source: Facebook.

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