Bumble dating app removes ads mocking celibacy after backlash

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The company released an apology and is offering billboard space to groups advocating for individuals it offended.

The popular dating app Bumble is canceling an ad campaign that derides celibacy to promote its matchmaking service. It has also issued an apology.The company ran a series of ads in commercials and on billboards mocking celibacy as an alternative to dating as it launched a rebrand of the company and introduced what it is calling 'the new Bumble.' Tag lines included 'You know full well a vow of celibacy is not the answer,' and 'Thou shalt not give up on dating and become a nun.

' The company acknowledged the backlash from individuals who choose to be celibate, people who identify as asexual and other groups with whom the ads failed to resonate.

 

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