Signal posts the ads that Facebook banned it for trying to run on Instagram

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By Austine in Technology
Updated 3 years ago

Encrypted messaging service Signal wanted to run clever ads on Facebook's Instagram that revealed how specifically the ad itself was targeted. Facebook banned its account, writes Signal's Jun Harada. It was evidently not OK with Signal exposing the barely-anonymized personal data that Facebook has for sale to promote its own more private alternative.

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