Marketing Campaigns That Went Horribly Wrong

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Source/Further reading:

https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2018/01/27/17/34/marketing-3111733_960_720.jpg
https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/100-years-ads-best-campaigns-social-good/1443762
https://blog.ezmarketing.com/top-failed-marketing-campaigns
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJkTNJ7BM9I&feature=emb_logo
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/423337
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/01/31/looking-back-at-the-boston-mooninite-panic-10-years-later
https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/2007-flashback-adult-swim-aqua-teen-bomb-scare-boston/jLhW8OVZEMDPVujvJZRwXN/
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1064182
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltBc87oKhmQ&feature=emb_logo
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37320239
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThKVodI1Mf8
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2217450.stm
https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2002110800
https://metro.co.uk/2015/02/25/remember-the-mcafrika-13-fast-food-items-no-longer-with-us-5060609/
https://alchetron.com/McAfrika
https://www.autoblog.com/2011/09/15/court-rules-woman-can-sue-toyota-for-pranking-her/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/09/13/from-the-terrible-idea-file-toyotas-cyberstalking-guerrilla-ad-campaign/#564e561f3661
https://www.wired.com/2011/09/toyota-punkd/
https://www.caradvice.com.au/138299/toyota-us-sued-by-woman-over-creepy-stalker-campaign/
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2011/09/17/toyota-sued-over-prank-email-campaign
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/toyota-loses-a-marketing-lawsuit-in-ruling-that-may-chill-advertiser-pranks/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlGetOtKteg
https://www.stereogum.com/2019176/spotify-scary-ad-banned/video/
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/17/658217453/watchdog-group-finds-spooky-spotify-ad-is-too-scary-for-kids-causes-distress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7XliS0DYRo&feature=emb_logo
https://www.needpix.com/photo/download/209813/emotions-man-happy-sad-face-adult-male-people-delighted
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Pepsi_Jet.jpg
https://fighterjetsworld.com/historic-aircraft-and-incident/the-man-who-sued-pepsi-for-not-giving-him-a-harrier-fighter-jet/17680/
https://history.legal/2019/01/28/the-pepsi-fighter-jet-case/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1996-man-sues-pepsi-for-not-giving-him-a-harrier-jet/