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Pro tip: no, that weird mascot ad did NOT get banned, stop believing screenshots
My coworker swore the Duolingo owl funeral ad got pulled worldwide, but I checked the brand's own YouTube page on Tuesday and it was still up with 8 million views. People keep calling normal marketing stunts "banned" just because a TikTok said so. Anyone got a good way to actually verify these before sharing them?
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nancygrant3h ago
Watched my aunt spend a whole family dinner last Thanksgiving telling everyone a local pizza place got shut down for "using fake cheese" because she saw a screenshot on Facebook. Turned out the place was open the whole time and just had a new owner. She never checked the actual page, just kept passing the post along like it was breaking news. Now when my cousins send me stuff like that I just ask them to link me the source and half the time they go quiet. Checking the brand's own page like you did takes ten seconds and beats trusting a random screenshot every time.
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