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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Friday that the social network will start labeling content it finds newsworthy but would violate its rules. Facebook will also bar a wider category of hateful content in ads, a move that comes as Coca-Cola, Honda and other major brands pull ads from the social network in protest. 

The social network’s labeling doesn’t apply to content that suppresses voting or incites violence, which Facebook said it will remove even if it comes from politicians. Twitter, a rival…