Facebook celebrated Philippines Independence Day yesterday by greeting Filipinos with a banner suggesting that their country was in a state of war. The world’s leading social network site later apologized for the gaffe that appeared on users’ timelines showing the national flag with inverted colors. In the Philippines it is a message that the nation is at war. The Philippine Star reports: “This was unintentional, and we’re sorry,” said Facebook in a statement sent to The STAR. “We care deeply about the community in the Philippines and, in an attempt to connect people on Independence Day, we made a mistake.” The social media giant earlier committed a blunder when it used an inverted Philippine flag in its Independence Day message. “Happy Independence Day! Here’s to all of the Philippines’ health, happiness and prosperity,” read the greeting that appeared on users’ timeline Sunday. The button, which allows users to share their Independence Day greetings to their contacts, carried an inverted Philippine flag that immediately got the attention of Filipino netizens. @facebook , you have the Philippine flag upside down w/c means we are at war. Blue is Up, Red is down. — theLAUNDRYDIARY (@theLAUNDRYDIARY) June 12, 2016 Nakakagulat ang @facebook bakit [...]
