After Nissan Yanks Ads, Facebook Acknowledges Failure on Hate-Speech
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Nissan U.K. earlier today pulled advertisements from Facebook because of offensive content on the social media site. Facebook later acknowledged in a blog post that its "systems to identify and remove hate speech have failed to work as effectively as we would like, particularly around issues of gender-based hate."
Facebook has been facing pressure from feminist groups to ban pages that glorify violence against women, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The activists, led by Women, Action and the Media and The Everyday Sexism Project, have sent more than 5,000 e-mails to Facebook's advertisers and 60,000 Tweets against the ads
The automaker, along with more than a dozen smaller companies, has stopped all advertisements until Facebook can guarantee that Nissan ads will not appear on pages with offensive content, Nissan spokesman David Reuter said.
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