- Facebook's top executives met Tuesday with civil rights groups, hoping to address their concerns about the company's approach to hate speech on its platform.
- But the groups called the meeting a "disappointment" and said it became clear that Facebook is "is not yet ready to address the vitriolic hate on their platform."
- "We didn't get commitments or time frames or clear outcomes. We expected specifics and that's not what we heard," Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said on a call with reporters.
- Facebook told Business Insider it will release a civil rights audit started in 2018, and has invested resources into combating hate, made adjustments to its policies, and banned hate groups.
- The groups called for advertisers to boycott Facebook last month, saying the company has been unwilling to make substantive changes for years — and more than 500 companies have joined.
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Facebook still hasn't convinced civil rights groups that it's doing enough to combat hate speech on its platform.
On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, COO Sheryl Sandberg, and Chief Product Officer Chris Cox met with the leaders of the NAACP, Color of Change, Free Press, and the Anti-Defamation League in an attempt to address their concerns over its hate speech policies.
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- Mark Zuckerberg reportedly said Facebook is 'not gonna change' in response to a boycott by more than 500 advertisers over the company's hate-speech policies
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