Facebook apologized on inverted Philippine flag during Independence Day 2016
Facebook greeted the Filipino people on the 118th Independence Day today. However, the netizens were quick to notice the inverted colors of the Philippine flag.
Instead of the blue color on top, Facebook mistakenly put the red on top.
The Facebook community was quick to draw and fire bullets to Mark Zuckerburg’s college startup project.
TJ Panganiban Wtf Facebook haha!
Bea Oranga So wrong
Juliet Lanuzo Guina i reported that to FB, that is offensive 🙂
Paul Caranto And the *At least you tried* award goes to , Facebook!
Before the Independence day celebration ended, the local agency of Facebook reached out to Tech Patrol News to share the official statement from their client.
[junkie-alert style=”red”] “This was unintentional, and we’re sorry. We care deeply about the community in the Philippines and, in an attempt to connect people on Independence Day, we made a mistake.” –Facebook spokesperson [/junkie-alert]
We asked them for the name of the spokesperson but they could not identify.
As for Google, they did the usual drill of putting up a special image on their home screen. The image shows the iconic jeepney loaded with passengers. On it are the logo of Google and the Philippine flag.
