Ben & Jerry’s parent company, Unilever, accused of censoring a statement on Trump | CNN Business

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Ben & Jerry’s on Friday amended a censorship lawsuit from November against parent company Unilever, claiming the consumer goods giant had suppressed a social media statement that mentioned President Donald Trump.

The Vermont-based ice cream maker alleged in the complaint that its management and board sought to release the post, which referenced abortion, climate change, minimum wages and universal healthcare — issues that face uncertain futures under the Trump administration — but Peter ter Kulve, Unilever’s president of its ice cream division, “unilaterally barred Ben & Jerry’s from issuing the post because it specifically

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