Days after Snapchat took a sly dig at Rihanna and Chris Brown&#39;s abusive relationship in an advert, Rihanna has urged fans to delete Snapchat.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;SNAPCHAT I know you know you ain`t my fav app out there! But I`m just trying to figure out what the point was with this mess!,&quot; the singer wrote on her Instagram story on Thursday.&nbsp;&quot;You spent money to animate something that would intentionally bring shame to DV victims and made a joke of it!!!,&quot; she added, referring to domestic violence. &quot;Shame on you. Throw the whole app-oligy away.&quot;

<a href="http://www.wionews.com/world/entertainment-snapchat-apologises-for-rihanna-chris-brown-ad-that-made-light-of-domestic-abuse-35942">Snapchat had apologised and took down the advert on its platform for a mobile video</a> game called &quot;Would You Rather!&quot; after they received severe crictsicm from singer&#39;s fans. 
 
Shares of Snap Inc, the company that makes the app, were down 4.7 percent in trading on Thursday.&nbsp; 
 
The ad showed pictures of Rihanna and Brown with the captions &quot;Slap Rihanna&quot; and &quot;Punch Chris Brown.&quot; Both the ad and the game were unaffiliated with Snapchat. 
 
R&amp;B singer Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna in 2009 in an incident that made headlines around the world when a photo of her bruised face was released.&nbsp;

Snapchat on Thursday said the ad was &quot;disgusting and never should have appeared on our service.&quot; 
 
&quot;We are so sorry we made the terrible mistake of allowing it through our review process. We are investigating how that happened so that we can make sure it never happens again,&rdquo; the company said in a statement. 
 
Earlier, in February, the company shares lost about $1.5 billion in market value after social media celebrity Kylie Jenner, who has as many as 105 million Instagram followers, tweeted that she did not like the Snapchat site`s redesign. 
 
Dozens of fans on Thursday tweeted that they were following Rihanna`s call to delete the Snapchat app. 
 
(With inputs from Reuters)&nbsp;

Rihanna took to Instagram to call out Snapchat's insensitive ad on her and Chris Brown's abusive relationship.

Days after Snapchat took a sly dig at Rihanna and Chris Brown's abusive relationship in an advert, Rihanna has urged fans to delete Snapchat. "SNAPCHAT I know you know you ain`t my fav app out there! But I`m just trying to figure out what the point was with this mess!," the singer wrote on her Instagram story on Thursday. "You spent money to animate something that would intentionally bring shame to DV victims and made a joke of it!!!," she added, referring to domestic violence. "Shame on you. Throw the whole app-oligy away." Snapchat had apologised and took down the advert on its platform for a mobile video game called "Would You Rather!" after they received severe crictsicm from singer's fans. Shares of Snap Inc, the company that makes the app, were down 4.7 percent in trading on Thursday. The ad showed pictures of Rihanna and Brown with the captions "Slap Rihanna" and "Punch Chris Brown." Both the ad and the game were unaffiliated with Snapchat. R&B singer Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting Rihanna in 2009 in an incident that made headlines around the world when a photo of her bruised face was released. Snapchat on Thursday said the ad was "disgusting and never should have appeared on our service." "We are so sorry we made the terrible mistake of allowing it through our review process. We are investigating how that happened so that we can make sure it never happens again,” the company said in a statement. Earlier, in February, the company shares lost about $1.5 billion in market value after social media celebrity Kylie Jenner, who has as many as 105 million Instagram followers, tweeted that she did not like the Snapchat site`s redesign. Dozens of fans on Thursday tweeted that they were following Rihanna`s call to delete the Snapchat app. (With inputs from Reuters)

Rihanna urges fans to delete Snapchat after their ad makes light of Chris Brown domestic abuse case

Several mobile users uninstalled the app of e-commerce firm Snapdeal to protest unverified comments about the Indian market by the CEO of social networking platform Snapchat in a case of mistaken identity.

A report quoted a former Snapchat employee as saying that CEO Evan Spiegel had had told him the &quot;app is only for rich people&quot; and that he (Spiegel) was not interested in expanding to &quot;poor countries&quot; like India and Spain.

Snapchat rubbished the allegations but soon after the controversy erupted, #BoycottSnapchat became one of the top trending topics on Twitter. Many uninstalled the app and gave it poor ratings. &quot;Dear CEO of Snapchat...why don&#39;t you come to India and check out Indians&#39; phones,&quot; wrote a user. Many highlighted the fact that the CEOs of top tech firms like Microsoft and Google were Indians.

However, some mistook Snapchat to be Snapdeal and uninstalled the e-commerce app. This came to light after Netizens started posting pictures of the blunder on Twitter. Snapdeal co-founder and CEO Kunal Bahl then tweeted: &quot;Ppl asking us to make a statement that @snapdeal is not @snapchat was possibly the last thing I thought I would ever need to do.&quot;

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Some others also explained how the two were different. &quot;Time to balance the ratings...guys its Snapchat&#39;s CEO who said bad things. You are making Snapdeal pay that...please change your ratings,&quot; wrote one.

Many turned creative. A meme being circulated quipped: &quot;&nbsp;Hum James Bond se Gutka bikwate Hai&nbsp;(we make James Bond sell Gutka).&quot; The post appeared to allude to a controversy last year over Pierce Brosnan&#39;s ad of an Indian pan masala brand. The star had later claimed he was not told the product was a tobacco concoction and injurious to health.

Snapdeal, in the news recently over reports of a possible sellout to larger rival Flipkart, had faced a similar backlash and downgrade in 2015 when then brand ambassador Aamir Khan made a comment on growing &quot;intolerance in the country&quot;.

Today&#39;s mix-up coincided with reports that Snapdeal chief Bahl and two others have been summoned by a Delhi court after an entrepreneur alleged that they had cheated him of an idea to connect sellers and buyers through an e-platform.

In his complaint, Gaurav Dua said Bahl, COO Rohit Bansal and former chief financial officer Vijay Ajmera had usurped his concept, called &quot;non-inventory holding marketplace model for retail&quot;, in the garb of collaborating with him. Snapdeal dubbed the allegations &quot;baseless&quot;.

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After Snapchat CEO's alleged comment some people in India ended up uninstalling snapdeal

Several mobile users uninstalled the app of e-commerce firm Snapdeal to protest unverified comments about the Indian market by the CEO of social networking platform Snapchat in a case of mistaken identity. A report quoted a former Snapchat employee as saying that CEO Evan Spiegel had had told him the "app is only for rich people" and that he (Spiegel) was not interested in expanding to "poor countries" like India and Spain. Snapchat rubbished the allegations but soon after the controversy erupted, #BoycottSnapchat became one of the top trending topics on Twitter. Many uninstalled the app and gave it poor ratings. "Dear CEO of Snapchat...why don't you come to India and check out Indians' phones," wrote a user. Many highlighted the fact that the CEOs of top tech firms like Microsoft and Google were Indians. However, some mistook Snapchat to be Snapdeal and uninstalled the e-commerce app. This came to light after Netizens started posting pictures of the blunder on Twitter. Snapdeal co-founder and CEO Kunal Bahl then tweeted: "Ppl asking us to make a statement that @snapdeal is not @snapchat was possibly the last thing I thought I would ever need to do." Some people ended up uninstalling e-retail platform Snapdeal. (Image source: Viral Indian) (Others) × Some others also explained how the two were different. "Time to balance the ratings...guys its Snapchat's CEO who said bad things. You are making Snapdeal pay that...please change your ratings," wrote one. Many turned creative. A meme being circulated quipped: " Hum James Bond se Gutka bikwate Hai (we make James Bond sell Gutka)." The post appeared to allude to a controversy last year over Pierce Brosnan's ad of an Indian pan masala brand. The star had later claimed he was not told the product was a tobacco concoction and injurious to health. Snapdeal, in the news recently over reports of a possible sellout to larger rival Flipkart, had faced a similar backlash and downgrade in 2015 when then brand ambassador Aamir Khan made a comment on growing "intolerance in the country". Today's mix-up coincided with reports that Snapdeal chief Bahl and two others have been summoned by a Delhi court after an entrepreneur alleged that they had cheated him of an idea to connect sellers and buyers through an e-platform. In his complaint, Gaurav Dua said Bahl, COO Rohit Bansal and former chief financial officer Vijay Ajmera had usurped his concept, called "non-inventory holding marketplace model for retail", in the garb of collaborating with him. Snapdeal dubbed the allegations "baseless". (PTI)

Snapdeal latest victim to Snapchat 'poor countries' fiasco

Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho said on Saturday that he was fit to play after his manager Juergen Klopp said last week that he needed time to get back on the&nbsp;field. 
 
The 26-year-old, who was banned for failing a drug test in April, posted on Snapchat that his fans deserve to know the truth about his situation. 
 
&quot;I accept my situation but I can&#39;t accept the lie. The fans deserve to know the truth. Now it&rsquo;s three weeks since I am fit to play games. I finish all my rehabilitation work. They don&#39;t want me to play also with second team lol! Why, I don&rsquo;t know,&quot; Sakho wrote on Snapchat at 3.05am local time on Saturday. 
 
&quot;Still working hard like Scouse Soldier! Still not talking cos I want speak on pitch,&quot; he said. &quot;I will speak soon for the people who support me and don&rsquo;t understand the situation. 
 
&quot;Still happy to live in my &#39;Liverpool Country&#39; with my family, hope to have chance to play soon to give my best like I try to do always!&quot; 
 
&quot;(He is) still working on (his fitness),&quot; said Klopp. &quot;It&#39;s not about how the player feels. It&#39;s about how I feel and how close the player is. That needs time. It&rsquo;s a long, long time that he didn&#39;t play, for sure.&quot; The sanction was lifted by UEFA but the centre-back has not played since April. 
 
Sakho removed the Snapchat posts early on Saturday morning, Sky Sports reported. 
 
It looks increasingly unlikely that the Frenchman will get that chance, The Guardian said on Saturday. 
 
(WION with inputs from Reuters)

Says he will expose 'the lie' about his situation at the club

Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho said on Saturday that he was fit to play after his manager Juergen Klopp said last week that he needed time to get back on the field. The 26-year-old, who was banned for failing a drug test in April, posted on Snapchat that his fans deserve to know the truth about his situation. "I accept my situation but I can't accept the lie. The fans deserve to know the truth. Now it’s three weeks since I am fit to play games. I finish all my rehabilitation work. They don't want me to play also with second team lol! Why, I don’t know," Sakho wrote on Snapchat at 3.05am local time on Saturday. "Still working hard like Scouse Soldier! Still not talking cos I want speak on pitch," he said. "I will speak soon for the people who support me and don’t understand the situation. "Still happy to live in my 'Liverpool Country' with my family, hope to have chance to play soon to give my best like I try to do always!" "(He is) still working on (his fitness)," said Klopp. "It's not about how the player feels. It's about how I feel and how close the player is. That needs time. It’s a long, long time that he didn't play, for sure." The sanction was lifted by UEFA but the centre-back has not played since April. Sakho removed the Snapchat posts early on Saturday morning, Sky Sports reported. It looks increasingly unlikely that the Frenchman will get that chance, The Guardian said on Saturday. (WION with inputs from Reuters)

Liverpool's Sakho courts controversy with Snapchat outburst