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Menlo Park/Washington DC, Jun 29 (EFE/EPA).-A call to pressure Facebook to tackle hate speech and misinformation on its site has gained momentum as a growing list of big brands such as Starbucks and Verzizon said they would stop spending on Facebook ads.Nearly 100 advertisers have joined the boycott in protest of what they say are Facebook's inaction on hate speech.This movement is part of The 'Stop Hate fo Profit' campaign. (Camera: JOHN G. MABANGLO/EDWIN RAMIREZ). FOOTAGE SHOWS THE HEADQUARTERS OF FACEBOOK IN MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA, US; AND BOARDED UP STARTBUCKS AND VERIZON SHOPS IN WASHINGTON DC.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg travels to Paris for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, who is pressing the social media giant to honour pledges to crack down on the spread of misinformation and hate speech. IMAGES
Zuckerberg goal is to help connect everyone worldwide to the Internet and to make the Internet.org program available to all.
Farmers listen live to French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal giving his general policy statement at the National Assembly, from a motorway blockade near Villabe in Paris outskirts. (COMPLETE VIDI34H939T_EN, VIDI34H93A6_EN, VIDI34H82TM_EN) IMAGES
Some 200 diplomats and foreign ministry officials rally in Paris near the Quai d'Orsay to protest a plan to strip foreign ministry envoys of their special status, a move they say will weaken France's influence abroad. IMAGES
Press motorcyclists follow Emmanuel Macron's presidential convoy after his victory speech at the Champ de Mars, under the Eiffel Tower. Macron is set to win around 58 percent of the vote in the second-round run-off compared with Le Pen on 42 percent, according to projections by polling firms for French television channels based on a sample of the vote count. IMAGES