Article 551CW Exclusive: Viber severs ties with Facebook in growing boycott

Exclusive: Viber severs ties with Facebook in growing boycott

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Alex Hern and Mark Sweney
from Technology | The Guardian on (#551CW)

Service adds to firms shunning Facebook over refusal to act against Donald Trump posts

The messaging service Viber, the fifth biggest with more than a billion users around the world, is severing all ties to Facebook as part of a growing boycott of the company by commercial partners.

The campaign, initially started in the US after Facebook's refusal to take action against posts from Donald Trump which critics said incited violence, has now grown to become an international movement.

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