Microsoft Halts Facebook Ads After Spending $116 Million on Them in 2019
Bloomberg.The software giant suspended advertising on Facebook last month and hasn’t resumed since, according to Axios, the first outlet to report the story.“Based on concerns we had back in May we suspended all media spending on Facebook/Instagram in the US and we’ve subsequently suspended all spending on Facebook/Instagram worldwide,” Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela said in an internal memo shared by Axios.Also Read: Facebook Expands Hate Speech Policy, Will Add Notifications to 'Newsworthy' Posts That Break RulesThe news comes as Facebook is grappling with an ad boycott spearheaded by civil rights groups like the NAACP and the Anti-Defamation League.