Vancouver strip club's Instagram pulled after sign mocks Trump's lake renaming
Vancouver strip club's Instagram taken down over sign featuring lake joke
Vancouver's Penthouse Night Club had its Instagram account disabled after posting a photo of its marquee reading "Can't handle a pool, but wants our lake?" The sign, a jab at President Trump's proposal to rename Lake Ontario and his administration's struggles with a polluted reflecting pool, went viral within hours. Owner Danny Filippone says the account was likely reported from across the border, and the club is now working with Meta to restore it. This isn't the first time the club's signs have sparked social media backlash.
If you follow our Instagram, this sign would not be on your bingo card for what would get us taken down.
- freitasm
Right. Freedom of expression when MAGA, but not for others.
Who is the snowflake now?
- avaer
Would be useful to know who gave the order (article doesn't say).
It could be an Insta mod messed up, a blame the AI situation, the company self-censoring, or maybe a threatening DM from the government. All of which have precedent.
Hard to have an informed opinion without more details.
- niemandhier
That is why less capable clones of US services get so much attention at the moment.
Every time these end up on HN, someone says something along the lines of: ”I would not host in a country without 1st amendment rights.”
- wood_spirit
Are the tech companies actively censoring or subtly deranking pro-Canada sentiment on their platforms? Or is this some activist doing takedowns?
- hougaard
Drove past the club yesterday, the sign is still up with the lake joke.