[ti:US Facebook Advertising Boycott to Expand Internationally] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]American organizers of a Facebook advertising boycott [00:05.64]say they are seeking support in Europe to push the social media service [00:12.60]to do more to remove hate speech. [00:17.08]The "Stop Hate for Profit" campaign [00:20.80]has received support from more than 160 companies. [00:26.72]They include American corporations like Coca-Cola, [00:31.76]Levi Strauss & Company, Patagonia and The Hershey Company. [00:38.52]The companies united to stop buying advertising on Facebook, [00:44.60]the world's largest social media company. [00:49.12]The boycott, which includes Facebook-owned Instagram, [00:53.72]was launched following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [01:01.08]Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died on May 25 [01:06.92]after a white police officer kneeled on his neck for several minutes. [01:13.92]The incident was caught on video. [01:17.36]Floyd's death led to widespread protests across America [01:22.96]aimed at police and racial inequality. [01:28.08]Anger over Floyd's death also led to public demonstrations in cities across the world. [01:37.20]Some corporations also released statements denouncing racism in society. [01:45.48]The Stop Hate for Profit campaign [01:48.52]is supported by several U.S. civil rights groups and non-profit media organizations. [01:57.92]One group is the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). [02:03.24]The ADL said in a recent open letter that Facebook's [02:08.64]"hate speech, incitement, and misinformation policies are inequitable." [02:17.08]The group said Facebook's efforts to find and remove hateful material are not effective. [02:26.36]It added that a company's ad can appear on Facebook next to "hateful or divisive" material. [02:37.24]The ADL also criticized the company for failing to remove [02:42.88]false information appearing in advertisements or published by users. [02:50.88]Critics have said that Facebook reported receiving $70 billion [02:57.16]in advertising money in 2019, while earning about $18 billion in profit. [03:06.96]One campaign supporter is the group Free Press. [03:12.28]It said that even with such high advertising profits, [03:16.76]"the company has repeatedly failed to meaningfully address hate, [03:22.16]incitement to violence and disinformation across its products." [03:29.88]The Stop Hate for Profit campaign has created a set of demands for Facebook. [03:37.36]Among them are the establishment of a new process to help users [03:43.16]targeted with ads based on race and other identifiers. [03:49.80]The groups are pushing Facebook to release more information [03:54.76]about the number of hate speech reports it receives. [04:00.76]They also want the company to stop making money [04:04.60]from ads linked to harmful content. [04:09.68]Jim Steyer heads the media education group Common Sense Media. [04:16.96]He recently told the Reuters news agency that the campaign [04:21.80]will start calling on major companies in Europe to join the boycott. [04:28.92]"The next frontier is global pressure," said Steyer. [04:34.20]He added that he hopes the campaign will lead regulators in Europe [04:39.88]to reexamine policies covering the social media company. [04:46.00]Earlier this month, the European Commission announced new guidelines [04:51.48]for technology companies to report monthly [04:55.72]how they are attempting to reduce misinformation about the new coronavirus. [05:03.00]Steyer said the campaign will urge major international advertisers [05:09.12]like Unilever and Honda - which have already stopped buying U.S. ads [05:15.40]- to halt all Facebook ads worldwide. [05:20.44]Campaign organizers say they also plan to keep urging [05:25.72]more U.S. companies to take part in the boycott. [05:30.80]Jessica Gonzalez is co-leader of the group Free Press. [05:37.24]Gonzalez told Reuters she recently contacted big U.S. telecommunications [05:44.24]and media companies to ask them to join. [05:49.52]Responding to demands for more action, [05:52.52]Facebook has admitted the company has more work to do. [05:58.68]It said it was working with civil rights groups and experts [06:03.40]to develop more tools to fight hate speech. [06:09.20]Facebook said its investments in artificial intelligence (AI) tools [06:14.64]permit the company to identify about 90 percent of hate speech [06:20.92]before users report it. [06:24.96]I'm Bryan Lynn. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM