Facebook Facebook Forced to Block 20,000 Posts About Snack Food Conspiracy After PepsiCo Sues: Report

Found on Gizmodo on Friday, 27 July 2018
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PepsiCo really doesn’t want anyone talking shit about its corn puffs online. There is a rumor that Kurkure, a corn puff product developed by the company in India, is made of plastic.

In response, PepsiCo obtained an interim order from the Delhi High Court to block all references to this conspiracy theory online in the country, MediaNama reports.

According to MediaNama, PepsiCo petitioned for 3412 Facebook links, 20244 Facebook posts, 242 YouTube videos, six Instagram links, and 562 tweets to be removed, a request the court has granted.

PepsiCo, meet Barbra Streisand. Barbra Streisand, meet PepsiCo.