Facebook Faces Trust Crisis As Ad Boycott Grows

What started out as a few whispers about advertisers pulling Facebook ads has turned into a growing boycott of the social network over its content moderation policies — a situation the company is now describing as a “trust deficit.” Why it matters: Given Facebook’s size, the boycott likely won’t hurt the company’s bottom line in the short term, but it turns up the political pressure on Facebook ahead of the 2020 election and underscores the company’s challenges managing its public image. Read more at Axios.