The Hershey Co., Coca-Cola, Ford, And Others Leave Facebook Over Hate Speech

A campaign that only started June 17 has already led to more than 1,000 businesses nationwide pledging to suspend all paid advertising on Facebook through at least July, according to the latest estimates from “Stop Hate for Profit,” a coalition of civil rights organizations that launched the action to protest Facebook not doing enough to combat hate speech and misinformation on its platform.

The list of businesses publicly committing to the advertising pause includes dozens of the most recognizable brands in the United States, such as Coca-Cola, Ford and Honda, The Hershey Company, Microsoft,...