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Britain’s New Moral Panic Part One: The OnlyFans Ad Backlash

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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.