# Businesses cutting out Facebook ads **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 23, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489 "2020-06-23T18:41:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/1 "2020-06-23T18:41:05Z")
I agree with this, facebook is like a giant virus that needs a vaccine. One example here: > ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/2 "2020-06-23T23:55:39Z")
Skimming down that Twitter thread, it appears that at least a dozen advertisers, including Ben & Jerry’s are boycotting Facebook and Instagram for the month of July and maybe more. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/3 "2020-06-25T05:41:51Z")
good maybe they’ll clean up the stinking catbox that facebook’s become due to them not cutting the political crap off years ago … ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/4 "2020-06-25T09:02:09Z")
Ahhh, how cute. They can get a pat on the head for joining the cool kids by not being on Facebook. Whatever, it wouldn’t influence me to support them. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/5 "2020-06-26T21:41:29Z")
Unilever cutting ads they own a lot of products > **[Unilever Will Stop Advertising On Facebook, Twitter For Rest Of 2020](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/unilever-facebook-twitter-advertising-boycott_n_5ef62008c5b6acab28410d72)** > > The consumer goods company, which owns brands like Dove Soap and Lipton tea, joins a growing advertising boycott against Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/6 "2020-06-27T02:49:34Z")
Good. Maybe if FB starts seeing a few less Benjamins in their pocket they’ll start growing a spine. I won’t hold my breath though. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/7 "2020-06-27T19:40:25Z")
Now [Coca Cola](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53204072) too. This is excellent - it’s almost starting to feel like the ethical side of big businesses. How very surprising and pleasing. I don’t know what their precise motives are, of course, but in practice surely it has to be a step in the right direction? j ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/8 "2020-06-29T16:46:16Z")
Now it’s Starbucks, Coke and Pepsi withdrawing all their advertising from all social media, including of course Facebook and IG. Facebook’s stock has lost about $60 Billion (with a B) over the last two business days, but at least one [analyst](https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/facebook-stock-price-reaction-advertisers-halt-social-media-spending-2020-6-1029350644) says it won’t hurt them very much. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/9 "2020-06-30T18:04:39Z")
Youtube seems to have been [stirred into action](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53230986?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business&link_location=live-reporting-story) as well. j ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/businesses-cutting-out-facebook-ads/912489/10 "2020-07-21T21:41:45Z")
Disney, McDonald’s, Walmart, GEICO, etc. > **[Disney Quietly Joined Facebook Advertising Boycott As Movement Against Hate...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/disney-quietly-joined-facebook-advertising-020429612.html)** > > Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) has become the latest major firm to cut advertising spending on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and subsidiary Instagram's platforms, as the momentum to boycott the platform in pursuit of civil rights for minorities picks up... > **[Walmart, McDonalds, and Geico are the latest companies to reportedly pull...](https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-mcdonalds-geico-pull-facebook-ads-amid-boycott-2020-7)** > > Walmart, Geico, Allstate, Kellogg's, Kohl's, Dell, McDonald's, Peloton, and Ikea all quietly paused ad spending on Facebook this month. How long until the only ads on Facebook [are fake](https://mobiledevmemo.com/why-do-mobile-gaming-companies-use-fake-ads/)? Does Zuckerberg even care?