Signal tries to highlight how Facebook collects data from users, gets banned by Facebook Signal through the ads informed users that Facebook and its photo-sharing platform Instagram use its own ad tech tools to gather information from users. Ankita Chakravarti | May 5, 2021 | Updated 10:42 IST Highlights Signal posted a series of ads on Instagram to depict how Facebook collects information from users The encrypted messaging platform alleged that the Facebook-owned platforms collect everything they can to sell visibility into people and their lives. Signal in a blogpost revealed that Facebook had rejected the ads that Signal tried to buy on Instagram. Signal posted a series of ads on Instagram to depict how Facebook collects information from users and then displays ads on the basis of that. Signal through the ads informed users that Facebook and its photo-sharing platform Instagram uses its own ad tech tools to gather information from users. The encrypted messaging platform alleged that the Facebook-owned platforms collect everything they can to sell visibility into people and their lives. However, this did not go down well Facebook. The social media giant booted Signal from its platform.