Archive for the ‘Advertising Censorship’ Category
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
I was going to include a reference to breasts in the headline, but thought it would be a little too obvious (even if on topic). Reference to peri-peri sauce on the other hand!
Nando's has run fowl of the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) again, this time over an ad for their ...
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Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Coca-Cola has voluntarily taken an ad for Coke Zero off the air which features a fantasy relationship breakup (for many no doubt) starring pole dancers and scantily-clad women.
Aussie media blog Mumbrella writes that the Australian Family Association has labeled the ad sexist and that the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) ...
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
Update March 10 2009: Google Australia's Head of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Rob Shilkin, has revealed that YouTube received a DMCA notice from lawyers acting on behalf of Freeview Australia Limited to remove the video. Freeview Marketing Manager, Liz Howarth, yesterday denied they had made a complaint. More information ...
Posted in Advertising Censorship, Internet Censorship | 8 Comments »
Sunday, November 16th, 2008
AMI, who recently altered their 'Want Longer Lasting Sex' billboards to read 'Want Longer Lasting Censored', will now trial a new billboard. It'll read 'Bonk Longer'.
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Jack Vaisman from AMI says it is much easier to explain the word 'bonk' ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
Catholic parishioners are circulating a petition to ban 'sexualised' billboards and outdoor advertisements which demean women and expose children to inappropriate content.
It comes after one of the petition's organisers saw an on-car-advertisement for a carwash featuring a woman in a suggestive pose. Hose between legs perhaps?
SMH writes:
Matthew Restall and Bridget ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
Firstly, the Queensland Consumer Association is enraged that an energy drink called Cocaine will soon be available in Australia (it's already in stores in the US and Britain).
The association's state secretary Max Howard said calling a drink Cocaine is just wrong and trivialising an illicit drug is unethical. He'll seek ...
Posted in Advertising Censorship, Parental outrage | 12 Comments »
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Details are sketchy, but this advertisement for fashion label Van Heusen will not be allowed to run on the rear of Brisbane City Council buses. It's been deemed too racy.
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Even us precious Brisbane folk can tolerate some ...
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Sunday, September 14th, 2008
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Advanced Medical Institute has begun rolling out their new billboards which will read 'Want Longer Lasting Censored?'
AMI CEO Jack Vaisman had this to say about the change:
'We have to comply with the Advertising Standards Bureau regulations and we ...
Posted in Advertising Censorship | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
If Want Longer Lasting Sex on a billboard is confronting to you, or you support the ASB's call to remove the Advanced Medical Institute's ads, ask yourself what's wrong with being offended?
I was discussing the billboards on Aussie tech forum Overclockers today and was surprised at the number of people ...
Posted in Advertising Censorship, Panic | 12 Comments »
Monday, August 25th, 2008
After 18 months of dismissing complaints against Advanced Medical Institute's giant yellow 'Want Longer Lasting Sex?' billboards, the Advertising Standards Bureau has backflipped and decided that the ad not only sexualises children, but is also confronting to a large section of the community.
I wish I was joking.
There's two major problems ...
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