Rihanna and Chris Brown Criticize Snapchat Over Controversial Ad

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Rihanna on Thursday took to social media  to criticize Snapchat for running an ad that appeared to make fun of Chris Brown's 2009 assault of her, saying the social media company let down domestic violence victims and should be ashamed.
Earlier this week, the app ran an ad for a mobile game called "Would You Rather!" It showed photos of the two singers and contained the words "Slap Rihanna" and "Punch Chris Brown." Following a backlash online, Snapchat apologized and pulled the ad, saying in a statement on Monday, 

"The ad was reviewed and approved in error, as it violates our advertising guidelines. We immediately removed the ad last weekend, once we became aware. We are sorry that this happened."

"Now SNAPCHAT I know you already know you ain't my fav app out there!" Rihanna wrote in a post published on Thursday on Instagram Stories. "But I'm just trying to figure out what the point was with this mess! I'd love to call it ignorance, but I know you ain't that dumb!"
Chris Brown also responded  through his attorney Mark Geragos "Whoever posted this at Snapchat needs to be slapped."
On Thursday, a spokesperson for Snap Inc., maker of Snapchat, told E! News in a statement, "This advertisement is disgusting and never should have appeared on our service. We are so sorry we made the terrible mistake of allowing it through our review process. We are investigating how that happened so that we can make sure it never happens again."


Rihanna went on to say said the ad was made to "intentionally bring shame to DV victims and made a joke of it."
"This isn't about my personal feelings, cause I don't have much of them," she said. "But all the women, children and men that have been victims of DV in the past and especially the ones who haven't made it out yet...you let us down! Shame on you. Throw the whole app-oligy away."


source : eonline

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