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(Reuters) - A handful of U.S. companies have pulled advertising from Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the social media giant for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platforms. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this…

Baseball and content marketing are two of my greatest passions. When I think about it, there are some intrinsic similarities between the two that aren’t hard to see. Much like content marketing, baseball is rhythmic and methodical by design. Sure, there are the flashy home runs (and it helps when…

Outdoor apparel brand Patagonia said it is joining the #StopHateForProfit boycott against Facebook (and Instagram, owned by Facebook) because Facebook continues to promote "hateful lies and dangerous propaganda." Last week three other major brands, The North Face, REI, and Upwork, joined the boycott and suspended all advertising on Facebook. On…

B2B Wannabes: Most Brands Have A Customer-Centricity Gap, Study Finds 71 percent of B2B brands have digital experiences that don’t meet customer expectations and needs, while 82 percent have implemented a digital transformation project — two of several statistics of interest to digital marketers contained in recently-released study data. MediaPost…

But the two agencies haven't resolved a dispute over which one should take on the task, the people said. The outcome of that decision could be important for Facebook, because the FTC has been more reluctant to challenge the company's deals in the past — as well as for the…

Snap announces a bunch of new features, Moderna prepares for the final-stage trial of its coronavirus vaccine and Sony shows off the PlayStation 5. Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 12, 2020. 1. Snapchat debuts Minis, bite-sized third-party apps that live inside chat Snap Minis are lightweight third-party programs that…

The UKs competition regulator has opened an investigation into the proposed $400m (£320m) takeover of gif search engine Giphy by Facebook amid fears that the acquisition may reduce competition in the… Read More

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Giphy's services power animations on several platforms Facebook's takeover of Giphy, a search engine for funny reaction images, is being investigated by the UK's competition authority.Giphy's vast library of looping short video animations is hugely popular in Facebook's apps. But it also provides animations…

UK's Competition and Markets Authority wants Facebook and Giphy to stop integrating until it finishes its inquiry. Facebook's (NASDAQ:FB) acquisition of Giphy, the platform that lets you animate pictures, is being reviewed by the UK's Competition and Markets Authority. In a press release, the CMA said it's investigating whether the…

Facebook wants to be the go-to platform for all of your social needs, but a big move it made last month to take ownership in the world of GIFs — the short, looping videos that people use to convey sentiments in online conversations — may not go as it hopes.…