John Oliver fixes Facebook’s apology ad to remind you that the company still doesn’t care about you
https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/30/17629406/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-facebook-apology-ad-parody-fixed
Back in April, in the wake of a variety of scandals — including the now-notorious Cambridge Analytica breach — Facebook commissioned a theoretically heartwarming ad that attempted to apologize for the state of the platform and promised to get the site back to the way it used to be: bringing you and your friends together.
On the latest episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver took it upon himself to fix Facebook’s schmaltzy ad with a dose of cold honesty: the massive social media company doesn’t really care about you, it cares about making money, and it’s almost certain that nothing will change in its business policies.