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Signal just scored a massive win against Facebook by using Facebook’s terrifying user tracking practices against the social network in the best possible way. Signal wanted to run ads on Instagram that would have exposed the real reasons why users would see the Signal ads in their feeds. Signal’s ads would have included examples of personal data collected from the targeted user, exposing the way Facebook harvests user data to make money. Signal said in a blog post that Facebook banned its advertising account as a result, so it went ahead and published those examples online anyway.
Unsurprisingly, Facebook has tried to defend itself, claiming that Signal never tried to run those ads and that it didn’t shut down their account for trying to do so. Facebook claims that Signal’s goal wasn’t to run the ads in the first place, “it was about getting publicity.”
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Facebook is right: Signal’s viral ads are just a publicity stunt originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 May 2021 at 06:50:28 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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