Two Honey Birdette porn themed ads found in breach of ad ethics

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It’s March-madness and mixed rulings at Ad Standards, with the self regulator reviewing 5 Honey Birdette porn and bondage themed ads in a month. And these are just the ones we know about.

Family mall sex store racks up new violations for 'exploitative' and 'overtly sexual' ads

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Honey Birdette was found in breach of advertising Code of Ethics nine times in a single month. It's a new record for the Playboy-owned and Westfield resident sex store chain.

Three breaches in one month for Playboy sex shop

Ad Standards has issued rulings on a new set of pornified Honey Birdette shop window ads after a series of community complaints. The decisions came just weeks after Honey Birdette attracted its 70th ad violation for breaching the Australian Association of National Advertisers Code of Ethics.

A new Children's Advertising Code has come into effect as of December following a review by the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA), but it is ultimately meaningless. 

Contact your council today

Following Ad Standards' dismal double endorsement of a massive suburban streetside porn billboard, Western Australia's City of Stirling updated its outdoor advertising rules to block future harmful, porn themed ads.

Ad Standards fail prompts local council to act

A porn billboard just three blocks from a Perth primary school has received a thumbs up from the ad industry self regulator. The Ad Standards Community Panel ruled in favour of the advertiser to the detriment of community members - vulnerable kids included - dismissing hundreds of complaints about the gargantuan streetside suburban porn ad.

Joint submission with the Hon. Nick Goiran MLC on protecting children from harmful, hypersexualised advertising

Honey Birdette's BDSM-porn themed ads found in breach of ad code of ethics [*Content warning]