“Microsoft suspended its advertising on Facebook and Instagram in the U.S. in May and recently expanded that to a global pause” reports Axios, citing an internal chat transcript.
“Unlike the many advertisers who recently joined a Facebook boycott, Microsoft is concerned about where its ads are shown, not Facebook’s policies. But the move still means yet another big advertiser is not spending on Facebook right now.”
For those keeping score at home, as of Monday afternoon Pepsi, Starbucks, Unilever, Honda America, Birchbox, Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss & Company, Lululemon, Verizon, Eddie Bauer, Patagonia, REI, and The North Face have suspended domestic or international ad spending on Facebook (some on Instagram and Twitter as well) through at least the end of July.