Signal Vs Facebook In Complicated Claim And Counter Claim. Instagram Also Involved
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Signal created ads that would "show you the personal data that Facebook collects about you and sells access to."
Signal, a privacy-positive messaging platform, has said that Facebook banned a series of ads that it tried to run on Instagram - a claim that Facebook has dismissed. The ads were meant to show how much data Instagram and its parent company Facebook collect from users. In a blog post published Tuesday, Signal said that Facebook banned them from its ad platform for the string of ads that used highly targeted data to "show you the personal data that Facebook collects about you and sells access to." These Signal ads are amazing. Facebook banned them for being a little bit too relevant. https://t.co/q9D4VKqPt9pic.twitter.com/NEBgqW40I8 Facebook's response: pic.twitter.com/xhPTVfmLBQ Signal's response: https://t.co/FAdZdcpgSA 2/2: The ads themselves were never rejected as they were never set by Signal to run. The ad account has been available since early March, and the ads that don't violate our policies could have run since then. I'd like to see some more conclusive proof from Signal backing up its claims. Fwiw. pic.twitter.com/kFN6E5TsbZ Why do your screenshots only show 1 campaign labeled “test” with 0 results in March?Doesn't seem like they were actual ads with intent to run— unless you took a screenshot of another ad account? "the ads were rejected" pic.twitter.com/puHuVCksMk This is genius https://t.co/k99A3Do1ic To highlight Facebook's data collection practices, Signal created super-specific ads that would display some of the data that Facebook collects from its users. "You got this ad because you're a K-pop-loving chemical engineer. This ad used your location to see you're in Berlin. And you have a new baby. And you just moved. And you're really feeling those pregnancy exercises lately," reads one of the ads, according to screenshots shared by Signal. However, the messaging platform claims that Facebook banned them from its ad account after it tried to run these ads.More Related News