Uh, you can see a lot more flesh on most daily European newspapers. This makes no sense. Plus it's hardly provacative.
Posted on 01/01/2008 9:18:54 AM PST by bahblahbah
Web giant Google has banned ads from US lingerie retailer Pampered Passions after deeming them ‘too sexy’ for the UK & European market.
The offending ads were part of Pampered Passions’ campaign inviting men to buy sexy lingerie for their girlfriends this Xmas. The suggestive tone and the mild nudity in the images, though, proved too much for Google who refused to allow the ads to be shown on their network.
According to a Google representative, “The ad has been disapproved for adult content. Only family safe images will be approved. Images which are classified as non-family safe or adult content are disapproved and will not run. Your image contains nudity and mature themes.”
A spokesperson for Pampered Passions said, “Google’s refusal to show ads that are completely acceptable to UK audiences on their network is turning out to be an increasingly frequent occurrence. Google are an American company and while they might seem to be really ‘cool’ and ‘liberal’ in the USA, their policies do seem rather conservative for European consumers.
“An outright ban on ads no ruder than a Christmas cracker joke & featuring less flesh than a swimwear catalogue seems pretty ‘uncool’ to us” they added.
I think the back view is what go them in trouble. The front view is a fine testament to feminine beauty.
Gee, wonder how many shares of Google the ChiCom own?
They yell jump, Google says, “How Far?”
http://www.pamperedpassions.com/
Busted!
Uh, you can see a lot more flesh on most daily European newspapers. This makes no sense. Plus it's hardly provacative.
Neither view is any more than one sees on a normal public beach. It's a thong, folks, get over it.
Wait, let me rephrase that....
As in the front page above the fold, if you don't know.
MMMmmmmmmmm.......Santa’s helper.
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Ya kidding me...I quickly hit the 'save picture as...
Folks, Goggle is a private business. They are in the business of selling merchandise. No government entity told them to pull this, they did on their own.
I don’t see what the gripe is here. A private business caters to its customers. That is the nature of free enterprize.
You're right (about the business), but I sense a slippery slope of catering to one customer at the expense of another.
Google's network extends around the world. Will the perceived sensibilities of the MOST restrictive place, dictate the limits of what the rest of us see?
That said, I agree that it's up to Google what they do.
You are absoultely right. Has anyone ever seen the Page 3 girls? I will assume you have or have heard of them. Spot on!!!
Well, relatively speaking...
Really? I've never heard of them.
Just kidding... :-)
I don’t see why google, a private outfit, doesn’t have a right to guard their image, whatever they decide it should be.
Google is family-oriented. The last thing they need is to have parents start thinking of them as a risk to their kids. I think they are entirely right on this one. Michael Eisner virtually destroyed Disney by crossing lines and wrecking their suitable-for-family image.
These images may be fine for strong-minded freepers, but no doubt there are parents out there who might not want their kids to see these pictures.
They have an outstanding line of protective eyewear.
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