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Starbucks pauses social media ads as it targets ‘hate speech’
6 years agoGLENDALE, ARIZONA - JUNE 20: Consumers wait in line at a Starbucks location as they return to retail shopping at the Arrowhead Towne Center on June 20, 2020 in Glendale, Arizona. Arizona is one of the 19 states with the trend of new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases still increasing. Gov. Doug Ducey allowed individual Arizona cities to create their own policies about face-covering requirements and enforcement on Wednesday. Christian Petersen/Getty Images/AFP
Starbucks said Sunday that it will pause its advertising on social media while it studies ways to "stop the spread of hate speech" as part of a growing corporate movement.
