Petition: Maccas stop pushing soft porn to kids
Andrew Gregory CEO: Maccas is pushing soft porn to kids. What will you do about this?
These pics were part of a music video playing within McDonald's family restaurant.
According to their website Maccas claims their values are
- We place the customer experience at the core of all we do
- We are committed to our people
- We believe in the McDonald’s System
- We operate our business ethically
- We give back to our communities
- We grow our business profitably
- We strive continually to improve
We're #NotBuyingIt - the harms of sexually objectifying images are well documented here.
We call on Maccas to exercise corporate social responsibility and immediately remove all soft porn from Australian in-store screens. Implement national guidelines on what content can be shown on in-store screens.
Let's pressure Maccas to act. Add your name below.
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Take Action on Honey Birdette
1. Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-allowing-honey-birdette-using-porn-style-advertising-in-your-family-friendly-shopping-centres
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McDonald's are pushing soft porn to kids by screening hyper-sexualised content on their in-store TV screens throughout restaurants across Australia.
Our petition for McDonald's to implement a national policy regarding family friendly content has gained thousands of signatures.
Over the course of the campaign we have had comments from selected individuals excusing McDonald's behaviour and showing a true lack of understanding of the problem. We have addressed those arguments below.
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