Coca-Cola, Mastercard, Meta, And Doordash’s Sponsorship Of Conference Featuring Anti-LGBTQ+ Crusader Prompts Shareholder Backlash

Today, over 20 shareholders with more than $63 billion in assets sent letters to Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO), Mastercard (NYSE:MA), Meta (NASDAQ:META), and DoorDash (NASDAQ:DASH) asking that they publicly disassociate their brands from the Canada Strong & Free conference that they are currently sponsoring and publicly refute the divisiveness, homophobia, hate speech, and far-right activism embodied by Chris Rufo, who is a featured keynote speaker at the conference.

Social JusticeAs You SowSeptember 13, 2024coca-cola, Coca-cola, Meta, Doordash, Mastercard

Shareholders Call on Meta to Limit Political Disinformation Before 2024 Election

Today, Meta shareholders will vote on a proposal filed by shareholder representative As You Sow asking the company to assess the impact of reinstating “enhanced actions” put in place to protect the 2020 election and prohibiting political advertising on its platform prior to the 2024 election. The requested actions would reduce misinformation and hate speech on its platforms during another heated election cycle.

Social JusticeAs You SowMay 29, 2024Meta, Election misinformation, social media