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Publicis, Havas & BETC social media profiles go dark in sympathy with Paris terror victims

on Nov 17, 2015 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Leading French advertising agencies are expressing their solidarity with the victims of last weekend’s terror attacks in Paris by blacking out their social media profile pictures.

The coordinated move comes after the city’s creative community came together in grief following the deaths of several employees of Publicis and Havas in the attacks, with several employees of BETC also thought to have been at the Bataclan concert hall on Friday night.

That association prompted BETC to take down its regular image in a mark of respect with others quickly following suit as the idea took hold, with some opting to incorporate a black Read full story ›

Source: The Drum