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Facebook has blocked some of our ads: Hike Messenger

Initially, Hike assumed it was a technical glitch, but when the team wrote to Facebook, the social networking giant said Hike will not be able to run the ads

Run by Kavin Mittal, son of Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal, Hike competes with Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Photo: BloombergPremium
Run by Kavin Mittal, son of Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal, Hike competes with Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Photo: Bloomberg

New Delhi: Home-grown Hike Messenger has accused Facebook of blocking an option in its advertisements which lets people visit the chatting application’s website.

Run by Kavin Mittal, son of Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Mittal, Hike competes with Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Hike is owned by a joint venture of Bharti and Japan’s Softbank.

“Advertisers have, among other options, the option to ‘send people to your website’. A few weeks back we were suddenly blocked from using this option, while we were able to use other non action-led options," a Hike spokesperson told PTI.

The spokesperson further added that initially, they assumed it was a technical glitch, but when the team wrote to Facebook, the social networking giant said Hike will not be able to run the ads.

“There are specific products and services that cannot be advertised on Facebook - looks like Hike is one of these. Unfortunately, you will not be able to run these ads. Facebook said," the Hike spokesperson said about the response received from Facebook.

A query sent to Facebook by PTI remained unanswered.

Over-the-top players such as Hike and WhatsApp use internet to offer voice and messaging services to consumers. Hike had recently became the second largest messaging app in India with 70 million users. The app was launched in December 2012 and has raised $86 million from Tiger Global and BSB till date.

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Published: 10 Jan 2016, 09:45 PM IST
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