Another Ad Standards Fail: Ad watchdog lacks authority to enforce standards
Our Queensland Volunteer Coordinator Angela shares her experience of a two year long fight trying to get a strip club billboard taken down. While the Advertising Standards Board upheld complaints, the strip club owner refused to take it down- and the current system of advertising (self) regulation means he doesn't have to, and that there are no penalties for non-compliance.
Read moreHoney Birdette disregards ASB ruling; "Nobody tells Honey B when to take down her signage"
Honey Birdette, the sex shop masquerading as a high end lingerie store, continues to blatantly disregard rulings from the Advertising Standards Board in regards to their porn-themed advertising.
Despite the Advertising Standards Board upholding complaints for various large store front posters featuring soft-core porn imagery, including one showing a woman with tape over her nipples, Honey Birdette have highlighted one of the gaping holes in the system of ad industry regulation by refusing to comply with ASB rulings.
So it's no great surprise they've done it again- defiantly.
Read moreHoney Birdette under investigation by Adelaide council
Sex shop has seven days to remove sex toys
Read more“I am a little girl and I am not a slut”: Anti Wicked Camper campaign takes off
Thousands support Sydney mother’s petition against misogynistic Wicked Campers.
Read moreAd Standards Board upholds complaints against Honey Birdette "Naughty or Nice" ad
The Ad Standards Board has upheld complaints against sex shop Honey Birdette. The Christmas themed shop front window which featured a lingerie model and the words "Naughty or Nice?" was determined by the Ad Standards Board to be in violation of the Ad Industry code of ethics.
Read moreZoo turns back on ruling, continues its women-hating ways
More misogyny from Zoo as Ad Standards Board ruling ignored
We've helped bring down Zoo weekly's 'hottest asylum seeker' competition, made complaints to the Ad Standards Board about its sexist ads on Facebook and called on Coles and Woolworths supermarkets to stop selling the sexist mag. But Zoo refuses to change, ignoring a recent ruling from the Ad Standards Board that posts on their Facebook page were demeaning and discriminated against women.
Read moreAd Standards Board upholds complaints against Honey Birdette ad "It's burlesque baby"
The Ad Standards Board has upheld complaints against an ad described by the complainant as 'larger than life pornography.' The ad, featured prominently on Honey Birdette's shop front windows.
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Read moreAussie Boat Loans billboard objectifies women
A supporter alerted us to this billboard via our Facebook page in November 2010. The billboard was located at Logan Village, Queensland.
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