Did Chick-Fil-A Create The Facebook Profile Of Abby Farle?

Not long after Atlanta-based fast food restaurant Chick-Fil-A was grilled on Facebook for its stance on gay marriage, the company is under fire again for its use of the social network. Various outlets reported that Chick-Fil-A opened a Facebook account as a teenage girl named Abby Farle as a way to argue claims in a post on the restaurant's Facebook page, but a Chick-Fil-A spokeswoman told AllFacebook that this is false.

Not long after Atlanta-based fast food restaurant Chick-Fil-A was grilled on Facebook for its stance on gay marriage, the company is under fire again for its use of the social network. Various outlets reported that Chick-Fil-A opened a Facebook account as a teenage girl named Abby Farle as a way to argue claims in a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page, but a Chick-Fil-A spokeswoman told AllFacebook that this is false.

Here’s the discussion in question, courtesy of BuzzFeed:

Chick-Fil-A Spokeswoman Tiffany Greenway told AllFacebook that the company is not responsible for the creation of Abby Farle.

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