William Shatner Slams Facebook for Promoting Fake Story About His Death on His Birthday

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Iconic actor William Shatner called out Facebook on Tuesday after they promoted a fake news story on his birthday claiming that he was dead.
After a Twitter user sent a screenshot to Shatner of a “sponsored” post from “Avocet Retail Sales” on Facebook claiming that the Star Trek star had passed away.

@WilliamShatner I thought you might want to know you're dead. pic.twitter.com/RNqG0OkHni

— Anthony Brayall (@brayall) March 21, 2018

Shatner wrote in response on Twitter, “Hey @facebook isn’t this your messenger app? What’s up with you allowing this Acocet Retail Sales ad to pass your muster? Thought you were doing something about this?”

Hey @facebook isn’t this your messenger app? What’s up with you allowing this Acocet Retail Sales ad to pass your muster? Thought you were doing something about this? USE-FULL-LINK-1fFriJ8PRu

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) March 21, 2018

Following Shatner’s complaint, Facebook’s Director of Product Management Rob Leathern promptly responded to let the actor know that the advertisement had been removed.

“Hi, I’m from Facebook. Thanks for letting us know about this. We have removed this ad and Page from Facebook,” Leathern declared, prompting Shatner to reply, “Thank you. I’m not planning on dying so please continue to block those kinds of ads.”