Facebook says it will ban a "wider category of hateful conduct" in ads as the embattled social media giant moved to respond to widening protests over its handling of inflammatory posts. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will add tags to posts that are "newsworthy" but violate platform rules - following the lead of Twitter, which has used such labels on tweets from US President Donald Trump. The move comes as Unilever joined a growing list of firms on Friday to boycott Facebook as part of a protest by activists seeking tougher action by Facebook on...
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