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Lottie Gibbons & Kit Roberts

Samsung apologises for 'tone deaf' ad featuring woman running alone at 2am

Samsung has apologised after issuing an advert which shows a woman out running by herself at 2am while wearing the brand's headphones.

The ad has been called "tone deaf" by women's safety campaign group Reclaim These Streets, who drew attention to the killing of 23-year-old teacher Ashling Murphy while she was out on a run in January.

Ashling's death led to an outpouring of grief and anger at another woman being killed, and led to the hashtag "#shewasonarun", with women sharing stories of being harassed while out jogging, the Liverpool ECHO reports.

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