We got our client kicked off social media and it turned into the biggest brand debate of 2021

 
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May 4, 1:54pm:
Signal shares their banned ads, Forbes picks up the story.

Forbes publishes about how these brilliant ads highlight facebook’s creepy data collection.

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May 4, 7:43pm:
Facebook responds.

Facebook claims that the ads were never published and would not have been rejected, sparking an online debate about Facebook’s invasive privacy problem.

 
 
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Ongoing:
CNBC and others report in.

Signal’s news of banned ads quickly take the media by storm.

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Ongoing:
Everyone joins in on the feud.

Twitter and LinkedIn blew up with thoughts and comments about the banned ads.

 
 
 

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