07-07-2016 09:40 via thedrum.com

Grey Singapore returns Cannes Lions award after 'unrelenting attacks by unnamed bloggers'

Grey Singapore has returned the Cannes Lions award it received for an app that was reported to not do what it promised.
Grey for Good in Singapore came under the scrutiny of developers and bloggers after it won a Bronze Cannes Lions in June for the I Sea app, which aimed to use the power of the crowds to scan waters for boats that may contain refugees.
Reports suggested that, once the technology was scrutinised, the app wasn’t doing what it had said in real-time. Apple pulled the app from
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