Boycott Statement from Facebook's CEO Zuckerberg

We know that Facebook has been heavily criticized and boycotted these days due to its policy allowing hate speech and misinformation. of the company Facebook and InstagramMany customers in , stated that they would not advertise during July for this reason. Among these companies PlaystationWorld giants such as Coca-Cola, Honda, Starbucks and Microsoft are included.

#StopHateForProfit While many companies participated in the campaign that started with the tag: Zuckerberg's thoughts on the subject also emerged. Zuckerberg, the company's CEO, is the Facebook of advertisers from boycotting He said that he was not worried about the situation and that they had no plans to change their policies.

Zuckerberg's interview with his employees, published by The Information on Wednesday. at the virtual conference According to the statement, which was reportedly taken from a speech he made, it was announced that the boycott was a PR issue that would harm the social media giant's bottom line.

“We will not change our policies and approaches”

According to The Information Zuckerberg, “We will not change our policies or approaches because of a threat to a small percentage or any percentage of our revenue" Zuckerberg said, stating that the boycott included only a small part of the 8 million advertisers who advertise on Facebook, and that the company continues to earn almost all of its revenue.

Initiated by civil rights groups #StopHateForProfit The campaign was launched because the company did not take the necessary precautions against hate speech, violent content and misinformation. 

Zuckerberg said that they cannot determine their policies due to the pressure exerted by people. by boycott He said that they were technically threatened and if they backed down now, they would be surrendering and they would encounter more such incidents. 

Zuckerberg thinks that this boycott will be forgotten after July and advertisers will advertise on Facebook and Instagram again.