Viewers of “The Social Network” probably remember the soundtrack’s uncomfortable choral cover of “Creep”: The popular Radiohead song was used in one of the biopic’s first trailers and, when laid over a montage of various Facebook profiles, ended up making the social media platform seem pretty voyeuristic.Recently, however, Twitter user Bob Marshall reminded us of how fitting it was: by laying it over an actual Facebook commercial.
Taking advantage of the social media platform’s current data-mining controversy, he successfully drew attention to the ongoing issue and also made everyone cringe a little.“Wow, does it sync up well,” he wrote on his Twitter.The commercial itself already comes at an awkward time for the social media platform.
Released after creator Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional hearing in April, it highlights all of the ways that Facebook can bring people together.
It features smiling faces and funny videos,
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