Britain currently seems in the grip of a new moral panic over porn – but then, when is Britain ever not in a moral panic over porn? Even so, this week seems especially hysterical.
Tag: ASA
Is The Advertising Standards Authority Drunk?
Brewdog once again shows that there is no need to pay for advertising when the self-proclaimed authority can be conned into doing the job for you.
Shiitakeheads: The ASA Causes More Offence Than Any Ad They Object To
Once again, Britain’s self-appointed advertising censors are allowing a handful of tutting moralists to dictate what everyone else can see.
The Gallery Of Banned Advertising
A visual guide to forbidden advertising from the modern age.
Now Kissing Is Considered To Be Sexually Explicit: The Continuing Madness Of The ASA
Britain’s ever-prudish advertising censors get worked up about the idea of couples showing fully-clothed affection for each other.
British TV Advertising’s Brief Flirtation With The Female Nipple
1994 saw British television advertising step forward into the brave new world of European openness – and then quickly step back again.
Undignified And Immodest: Ralph Steadman Banned In North Carolina
A beer label featuring a stylised naked figure is too much for North Carolina.
The Moralist-Bating World Of Lingerie Advertising
How ads for female underwear attempt to emphasise the sexiness while trying to appease the censors.
Misguided Moralising: Playboy Fashion Ads Cleared Of Sexualisation Claims
Even Britain’s notorious advertising censors couldn’t agree that this poster, featuring a fully-clothed 28-year-old-woman, was sexualising under-age girls.
The Tyranny Of The Perpetually Offended
A single complaint is all it needs to have lingerie advertising pulled – what on earth is that about?
Bingeing On Stupidity
The advertising censors get worked up about the idea of someone having more than two pints of lager in a session.