Posted on 06/13/2016 9:17:50 AM PDT by orchestra
Adverts promoting negative body images will be banned across the Transport for London (TfL) network from next month.
As part of his mayoral election manifesto Sadiq Khan pledged to ban adverts promoting "unhealthy or unrealistic" body images.
The advertising watchdog received 378 complaints in 2015 about a weight-loss advert that asked customers if they were "beach body ready?"
Mr Khan has now asked TfL to set up its own advertising steering group.
The Protein World "beach body ready" promotional posters were defaced in Tube stations and a petition was started calling for the adverts to be banned, however the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) watchdog later ruled the advert depicting a bikini-clad female model was neither offensive nor irresponsible.
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Yes...by MUSLIMS. This is the real reason for Imam Khan's ban...SHARIA.
“The Protein World “beach body ready” promotional posters were defaced in Tube stations and a petition was started calling for the adverts to be banned...”
The question is: Was it jealous fatties defacing the posters? Or angry muslims wanting to imposing shariah “moderation”?
What about the topless Page 3 babes?
You must be referring to the famous Page 3 babes in The Sun newspaper - they stopped doing topless a while back (in case they caused offence) don’t ya know!
Actually, for a newspaper that doesn’t have a reputation, how can I put it politely, of being intellectual, The Sun has carried some pretty good articles of late, such as this one:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1253582/hero-who-mauled-cameron-in-tv-debate-says-hes-ready-to-quit-uk-if-we-vote-remain/
Hero who mauled Cameron in TV debate says he’s ready to quit UK if we vote remain. Harry Bopara accused Prime Minister of betraying his supporters and challenging Cam to live a day in his life.
WORRIED Harry Boparai spelled out his fears for Britain’s future in the EU yesterday and warned: “I’ll even tell my own kids to leave the country if we stay in.”
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