Unilever, Coca-Cola, Hershey, Starbucks and Honda say they are pausing advertising on social media platforms including Facebook over hate speech.
Author: Brett Molina, USA TODAY
Unilever to halt advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram until end of 2020
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