Former Facebook staffer reveals when she decided to be a whistleblower. A CNN Business analysis of Facebook's top advertisers, based on data from market research firm Pathmatics, reveals that most of the biggest ad spenders on the platform have not joined the boycott. Advertisers have Facebook's attention.
Now here's what they want. The data suggest the ongoing boycott may have a limited impact on Facebook's bottom line, at least as it stands right now.
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But as we've said, we make policy changes based on principles, not revenue pressures," Channick added. The majority of the top spenders haven't made any statements on the matter. Some brands provided non-committal responses. But, Home Depot said in a statement, it is evaluating the steps Zuckerberg said the platform would take during a livestream last week.
The Wall Street Journal was first to report the Unilever news. It owns a variety of consumer brands including Lipton tea, Dove beauty products and the Axe line of men's grooming products. Unilever is one of a number of advertisers who are pushing for new rules for social media companies as part of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media.
Facebook has been the subject of criticism for its decision not to take action on statements from President Donald Trump that warned that looters during protests would be shot. While the platform has in recent years taken numerous steps to crack down on hate speech, civil rights groups remain critical of the social platform's role in the rise of extremism along with the latitude it gives to the president.
Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone said the company invests billions of dollars a year to keep its platform safe. Stone also stressed a recent European Union report that said Facebook identified 90 percent of hate speech before it was reported and acts faster that Twitter or YouTube.
Facebook cannot afford to look away anymore. Facebook has endured some pressure in recent years from advertisers over how it moderates its platform, but those efforts have often failed to make much of a difference. Now, Unilever could end up influencing other companies to ditch Facebook, opening the door to a real impact on Facebook's business, according to Nicole Perrin, a principal analyst for the digital marketing analysis company eMarketer.
Two of the top 5 most shared ads in social media in were from Unilever, including its "real sketches" ad for Dove and a viral Turkish ad for Cornetto ice cream.
AmEx is a hugely social brand. Right now it's marketing a "member since" Facebook app that applies a badge to your page so you can show off how long you've carried a card. Coke has 76 million fans on facebook, making it the most-liked brand on the planet. It did not get there by accident. We've lumped these game makers into the same category because they're all on Facebook for the same reason: It's a huge platform for app marketing. Gaming today is all about mobile app downloads.
Ford has more than 80 brand pages on Facebook and a huge social media team managing them. Bud has an uphill battle on Facebook because its pages are age restricted.
But beer is "social" both off and online. Visa has 11 million fans on Facebook and a huge tie-in with the NFL, another brand with a huge Facebook fanbase. Intuit makes tax prep and accounting software and its core consumers are small businesses.
Facebook's core advertisers are small businesses, too. The entire point of Weight Watchers is to diet with the support of a group, and, naturally, Facebook really helps with that mission. The genealogy site tries to capture consumers where they are — on Facebook engaging with their living families.
A core part of Macy's brand is entertainment — the Thanksgiving Day parade, the 4th of July fireworks, etc. No prizes for guessing why people like this brand — they're making it easy for VS to reach them with new ads. The finance category as a whole has entered paid social media with gusto. Consumers have a long lifetime value to banks, and banks need anything that can improve their rep with consumers.
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