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Ford pauses U.S. social media advertising, calls for hate speech to be 'eradicated' from content

The Ford logo is seen at the Ford oldest Brazil plant after company announced its closure in Sao Bernardo do Campo

DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Monday it would pause advertising on all social media platforms in the United States for the next 30 days, joining a growing list of companies that have stopped spending on Facebook Inc in support of a campaign that called out the company for not doing enough to stop hate speech on its platform.

The No. 2 U.S. automaker said it would re-evaluate its presence on all social media platforms and added that hate speech, violence and racial injustice in content on social media "needs to be eradicated." A spokesman said Ford is evaluating such spending in other regions.

(Reporting by Ben Klayman; Editing by Chris Reese)