Zuckerberg Agrees to Meet With Groups Behind Advertising Boycott
- Facebook CEO reached out to NAACP, ADL, Color of Change
- Starbucks, Microsoft among companies that have suspended ads
Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit in Salt Lake City on Jan. 31, 2020.
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Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to meet with civil rights groups who organized an advertising boycott of the platform, the company said Wednesday.
Facebook reached out to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Anti-Defamation League and Color of Change last week to arrange a meeting with Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg and Chief Product Officer Chris Cox, a company spokesman said. The civil rights groups said they wanted Zuckerberg to be at the meeting, the spokesman added.