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Apparently, Starbucks has just about had it with Facebook, as the worldâs largest coffee company is reportedly threatening to remove its presence from the social media platform. Starbucksâs beef with Facebook, however, is not about lack of free speech; itâs about the tech giantâs lack of
censorship. Thatâs right: Starbucks is upset that Facebook has allowed âinsensitiveâ and ânegativeâ comments regarding its âwokeâ messaging to remain posted.
According to a Facebook employee, âStarbucks is in the process of evaluating their organic presence on FB, and whether they should continue to have a presence on the platform at all. Anytime they post (organically) in regards to social issues or their mission & values work (e.g. BLM, LGBTQ, sustainability/climate change, etc.) they are overwhelmed by negative/insensitive, hate speech [and] related comments on their posts.â
Starbucks reportedly mulling on leaving Facebook and here’s why
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Starbucks’ reason for considering Facebook exit
Fox Business reported that the company might leave Facebook due to the tone of comments that people leave on its posts concerning social and racial justice issues. It was said that the staff of Starbucks wrote that SB is in the process of assessing its organic presence on the said social media platform.
The evaluation is being done to determine if it should stay and maintain its presence on Facebook or it would be better to pull out. It was added that what drove Starbucks to think twice were the negative and insensitive comments that can be considered as hate speech on its posts. This information was said to have come from an internal memo to staff that was obtained by Buzzfeed.
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