MUST WATCH: John Oliver’s pushback on those mushy “I’m sorry” Facebook ads

July 31, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Facebook is not having a good year, what with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, slowing growth and a huge dump in the stock price. In the midst of all this are a series of commercials in which the company promises to do better when…well, when it comes to being Facebook.

John Oliver and the Last Week Tonight staff are having none of that malarky, so they created a proper ad voiced by Thomas Middleditch, who played Richard on Silicon Valley.

https://youtu.be/sbNv9MP27xE

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