cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1891139
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Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230825144949/https://www.euronews.com/culture/2023/08/23/billboards-featuring-onlyfans-model-ruled-not-overtly-sexual-by-uk-advertising-watchdog
I can’t believe what I’m seeing…
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Billboards erected in London showing model Eliza Rose Watson in underwear advertising her OnlyFans account page have been cleared by the UK regulator following complaints that they were inappropriate for children to see.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 30 complaints stating that the posters seen in Harrow, Tottenham, Lambeth and Edgware in June and July featured adult content and were inappropriate.
ASA said that although Watson’s clothing was revealing, the image did not feature any nudity, and the pose adopted by her was “no more than mildly sexual."
“While we acknowledged that the image of Ms Watson and reference to OnlyFans might be distasteful to some, we considered that because the ad was not overtly sexual and did not objectify women, we therefore concluded it was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence.”
The ASA continued: “The ad was shown on several posters throughout London, which was an untargeted medium, and was therefore likely to be seen by a large number of people, including children.”
Commenting on the reaction to the billboards, she said: "If people are offended by my ad, I’m assuming they’re also complaining about Ann Summers and Jack Daniels ones.
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I’ve seen worse ads about perfume
In the 2000s women were straight up having orgasms in shampoo commercials.
Netflix has zero skill anymore. They rely completely on sex and controversy to sell shows now. Gone are the days of sell a show based on a good story.
But is it about what’s directly on the billboard, or about what it’s advertising?
Like, Pornhub could make a billboard with nothing risqué on it, but the fact that it’s advertising a porn website would be an issue wouldn’t it?
Maybe not, I’m just curious tbh.
On one hand, I find nothing wrong with the photograph.
On the other hand, I’m sick of fucking OnlyFans spam online, it’s disgusting to see more spam in real life.
Also billboards as a whole can get fucked.
Environmental activists Global Witness later took over three of the poster sites and transformed them into ‘OilyFans’ billboards, to comment on the pay package of BP chief executive Bernard Looney, whose earnings went from £4.5 million (€5.2 million) to £10 million (€11.6 million) last year.
Good bit
What an incredibly European headline.
This is why I love America, the first amendment is dope.
Edit: It’s hilarious to see the usual Lemmy leftists spazzing out in the replies. A lot of them is just them being made about grooming being banned in certain contexts, but the only thing they’re materially wrong is about the general state of physical displays in America as a whole. The local policies of Florida for example aren’t nationalized, they’re locally specific to the state of Florida exclusively.
The US doesn’t ban shit, individuals hand down mandates to public institutions that then tell them to go fuck themselves.
The US does not ban books outright but they do ban some of them from public libraries, especially school libraries, and for good reason.
Ha, you think a billboard in the US can put whatever they want? Try putting up a nude picture (trying to think of something that would be considered “overtly sexual”) and seeing how long it stays up.
Which is on the level with this. I fail to see what this proves. You can’t even breastfeed in public and many public libraries don’t even allow the mention of gender. You think they’ll allow a nipple on a billboard? The US is waaaaay behind Europe who has had nudity in public TV (with limitations, but far less restrictive than the US). I’d like to see more liberal rules on speech, but for now they’ll continue to be more conservative due to various sects of people in this country.
America seems to be a complete cluster fuck shithole of a country lately. The rest of the world is pretty dire but America seems to take the lead. When you elected a corrupt media personality to lead who is now being charged with election fraud and multiple other crimes where he tried to install himself as a dictator and a large portion of the population not only lap up his bullshit but are ready to outright kill people in his name and still believe he did nothing wrong is all the proof needed. The grooming by the church, the grooming by republicans etc just sounds awful. Now admittedly I don’t live there and my only insight is from stories that make national headlines I have to believe it’s not as bad as it sounds, but the majority of sane Americans I talk to don’t give me much hope. Not claiming that where I am in the world is much better, but we can still say at least it’s not as bad as America.
