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• ’Tis the season to be emotionally manipulated: the battle of the Christmas adverts has begun

  01-11-2023 15:42
  
  It’s November so there’s a glut of high-concept schmaltz on your small screen – plus Sophie Ellis-Bextor with a blowtorchName: Christmas advert wars.Age: Instigated by John Lewis in 2007. Continue reading...
  
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• Seven Network fined over betting ad breach as SBS lets viewers opt out

  01-11-2023 06:04
  
  Media regulator cracks down while federal government considers recommendation to ban online gambling ads within three yearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Seven Network has been fined $13,320 by the media authority for “repeated breaches” of a ban on gambling advertising during live sport, while SBS has become the first broadcaster to offer viewers the chance to block gambling ads.The c
  
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• ‘Sexual’ Temu online shopping adverts banned by UK authority

  01-11-2023 01:01
  
  One of Chinese e-commerce app’s ads appeared on British news site ‘portraying child in sexual way’Five adverts for the Chinese shopping app Temu have been banned in the UK for their sexualised nature, with one found to have been irresponsible in how it depicted a young girl to sell bikinis.The company has been warned against presenting under-18s in a sexual way in future or portraying adults as “stereotypical sexual objects” after several ads featured “disembo
  
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