Jul 10, 2020

What civil rights leaders want from Facebook

Many of the companies boycotting Facebook are major brands with big budgets. Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

Wells Fargo is preparing to cut thousands of jobs, according to Bloomberg. What does this new round of layoffs across the economy mean? And, one civil rights leader who's met with Facebook describes how the company needs to change.

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Here's what civil rights leaders want from Facebook

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Rose Conlon and Alex Schroeder

Jul 10, 2020

"It shouldn't be my nonprofit that has to be monitoring and focusing its energy on a corporation that makes $70 billion a year," said Color of Change President Rashad Robinson.

Many of the companies boycotting Facebook are major brands with big budgets.

Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP via Getty Images

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