At the bottom of the sign was the message Paid for by MrBeast LLC.
In one of the images, MrBeast pulled the soyface he wears in many YouTube thumbnails.
With his mouth wide open and his eyes wild, MrBeast gives the impression of screaming Fuck Israel.
A hacked billboard in the Chicago-land area.© Image via social media.
Later that evening it issued its own statement about the incident on social media.
We were made aware that two of our billboards displayed inappropriate and unapproved content this evening, thestatement said.
We take this matter very seriously.
The copy, which was not approved or condoned by OUTFRONT or our advertisers, has been removed.
The situation is being investigated & we are notifying all appropriate local and national authorities.
This disgusting, intimidating display has no place in the 10th District, or anywhere in America.
Rep. Brad Schneider, the Congressman for the area, called out the messages in a post on X.
Billboard hacking is a kind of culture jamming that long predates the advent of digital billboards.
Then came the digital billboards and things got even weirder.
In 2015, someonehacked a digital billboardin Atlanta to display a man stretching out his own asshole.
In 2019 outside of Detroit, a billboardplayed pornographyfor Saturday night traffic.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
You May Also Like
The Secretary of Defense keeps getting caught using Signal, a remarkable feat.
