The North Face Halts Facebook Ads, Urges Anti-Racist Policy
(Bloomberg) — The North Face, the sports and outerwear brand owned by VF Corp., said it’s ending paid advertising on Facebook over concern the social-media company is allowing racist content and disinformation to propagate.“We know that for too long harmful, racist rhetoric and misinformation has made the world unequal and unsafe, and we stand with the NAACP and the other organizations who are working to StopHateforProfit,” the company said in an emailed statement following a Twitter posting.REI Co-Op, which also sells sporting gear, and Upwork Inc., an online recruitment services provider, said they will suspend advertising in July.Facebook and Chief …read more […]