/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9858/all en /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222857 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222848 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222838 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222829 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222820 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222811 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222802 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222793 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222784 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222775 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222766 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222757 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222748 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222739 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/can-ad-boycott-fix-facebooks-hate-speech-problem-cbc-news-323206 <p>July 6, 2020 | Over 800 companies are pulling their ads from Facebook in response to the Stop Hate for Profit boycott, led by civil rights groups who want to remove hate speech from the platform. Will threatening the company's bottom line motivate them into action? Max Bell School Professor Taylor Owen goes on the CBC's Front Burner to discuss the propagation of hate speech on social media. Listen in to learn about the ways that platforms can be incentivized to deal with fake news and discriminatory content.</p> Wed, 08 Jul 2020 16:40:46 +0000 admin 222730 at /newsroom