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AIBU to be surprised this was advertised at 12pm today?

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MissAvainthesun · 30/07/2025 16:57

One of DC had a sleepover with two of their friends last night at our house. Everything went fine and this afternoon I said they could watch a film before the others were picked up. We came back from going for a walk and I said they could start to look at kids films whilst I prepare lunch. I turned on the TV which automatically goes to the freebies channel set up before I press the button for SKY. On the main screen was ‘Adventures of a taxi driver’ with a cartoon woman bent over leaning into a taxi showing her bottom and underwear.

AIBU to be a bit surprised to see that in the middle of the day this is what’s being advertised? Didn’t say anything to the children but when the parents came to pick their children up they were surprised to see that being advertised too. I’d never heard of it but looked it up and it’s a raunchy 70s film.

AIBU to be surprised this was advertised at 12pm today?
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MissAvainthesun · 03/08/2025 12:09

ElaineParrish · 03/08/2025 11:50

Oh I see.. It's part of the smart tv base software

if it were me, I'd see if that LG channel has settings to filter adult content.

And if it doesn't.. I'd complain to LG that youre getting suggestions that you don't want, and that there are no settings to avoid them.

And if it does have settings to filter adult content and youre still getting stuff like that suggested.. Id complain to LG that their filters aren't working properly.

I admit that the film suggestion you got was pretty tame, so it depends how much time you have to bother complaining haha

That's why I'm hoping in future there will be an easy way to report content (just a button) rather than having to contact LG.

My main issue is with xbox and steam platforms, with genuinely displays actual porn on groups which are aimed at kids (eg Roblox) despite the xbox being setup (in family safety settings) to only show content suitable for children.. Because they allow users to upload things and they require users to police it themselves.
But when you report an image, it just gets taken down. There are no consequences for the platform for showing porn to minors.

The only way to fix the current inevitability of our kids seeing adult content/porn online, is to impose consequences on anyone who allows the content to be put on their platform.

Even full time parental supervision of a child on the Internet won't stop them seeing adult content, you'll just see it together!

This is what I was asking other users who’ve said I need to alter the settings for help with finding the settings for LG but not had a reply yet.

That’s not good with Roblox we don’t have it but other friends kids do. It’s really poor there’s not stronger filters/consequences to the companies that make it accessible. It would be so much easier like you say a button to report or hide.

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ElaineParrish · 03/08/2025 11:50

MissAvainthesun · 02/08/2025 19:53

Oh I see…sorry too…it’s so hard when reading and not actually talking to the person. Basically our Sky is always on standby mode when not in use…so TV on first with TV remote (that’s when the LG channel thing comes up) then with the SKY remote power button/sky button and Sky home page comes on…for some reason if we do it any other way the TV stays blank and we have to faff turn it off at the mains back on wait a few minutes and then finally comes back on 🙄 then sky button. We never watch the LG/Free channel stuff.

Thats why it’s difficult to control what’s seen on the screen if the kids are sat with us because the LG thing comes up first.

Anyway no biggie now kids see things they shouldn’t all the time we accept that and we try to deal with it if/when they ask questions.

Oh I see.. It's part of the smart tv base software

if it were me, I'd see if that LG channel has settings to filter adult content.

And if it doesn't.. I'd complain to LG that youre getting suggestions that you don't want, and that there are no settings to avoid them.

And if it does have settings to filter adult content and youre still getting stuff like that suggested.. Id complain to LG that their filters aren't working properly.

I admit that the film suggestion you got was pretty tame, so it depends how much time you have to bother complaining haha

That's why I'm hoping in future there will be an easy way to report content (just a button) rather than having to contact LG.

My main issue is with xbox and steam platforms, with genuinely displays actual porn on groups which are aimed at kids (eg Roblox) despite the xbox being setup (in family safety settings) to only show content suitable for children.. Because they allow users to upload things and they require users to police it themselves.
But when you report an image, it just gets taken down. There are no consequences for the platform for showing porn to minors.

The only way to fix the current inevitability of our kids seeing adult content/porn online, is to impose consequences on anyone who allows the content to be put on their platform.

Even full time parental supervision of a child on the Internet won't stop them seeing adult content, you'll just see it together!

MissAvainthesun · 02/08/2025 19:53

ElaineParrish · 02/08/2025 14:38

Sorry I wasn't trying to say "put up with it", I was just trying to explain why it might be more likely to come up.
So you switched on the TV and that appeared.. But isn't the TV connected to the internet and basing it's suggestions on things that have previously been watched?
Or are you saying you use a different account for the kids, so there's no way someone might have watched similar material on that account?

I feel the same as you, it feels like a minefield and the normalisation of sexual material seems to be a big part of that, as people are desensitised.
Similar to violence in films.

My hope is that alongside the porn site age verification, internet uses will one day be able to report sexual material on any site, and the host will be heavily fined.
So they'll err on the side of caution when showing anything remotely sexual on their website/TV platform, if it's accessible to kids.

People on MN may say that's too tame to report, but id certainly report it and many others would.

Oh I see…sorry too…it’s so hard when reading and not actually talking to the person. Basically our Sky is always on standby mode when not in use…so TV on first with TV remote (that’s when the LG channel thing comes up) then with the SKY remote power button/sky button and Sky home page comes on…for some reason if we do it any other way the TV stays blank and we have to faff turn it off at the mains back on wait a few minutes and then finally comes back on 🙄 then sky button. We never watch the LG/Free channel stuff.

Thats why it’s difficult to control what’s seen on the screen if the kids are sat with us because the LG thing comes up first.

Anyway no biggie now kids see things they shouldn’t all the time we accept that and we try to deal with it if/when they ask questions.

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ElaineParrish · 02/08/2025 14:38

MissAvainthesun · 30/07/2025 22:31

As I’ve said a few times before it was just there when I turned the TV on. We try to monitor what our children watch as much as we can i.e we have profiles set up with pins on (SKY). Our computer is downstairs where we can see what they are on etc.

We communicate with parents what we are ok with and vice versa when our daughter stays over (which has only just started happening in the last few months) at their houses.

I just simply don’t like what it was depicting.

Sorry I wasn't trying to say "put up with it", I was just trying to explain why it might be more likely to come up.
So you switched on the TV and that appeared.. But isn't the TV connected to the internet and basing it's suggestions on things that have previously been watched?
Or are you saying you use a different account for the kids, so there's no way someone might have watched similar material on that account?

I feel the same as you, it feels like a minefield and the normalisation of sexual material seems to be a big part of that, as people are desensitised.
Similar to violence in films.

My hope is that alongside the porn site age verification, internet uses will one day be able to report sexual material on any site, and the host will be heavily fined.
So they'll err on the side of caution when showing anything remotely sexual on their website/TV platform, if it's accessible to kids.

People on MN may say that's too tame to report, but id certainly report it and many others would.

Topsyturvy78 · 31/07/2025 23:37

MissAvainthesun · 30/07/2025 19:07

? We have it because we want it but also because the signal is terrible we tried the free channels when we first moved here constant freezing or channel not available. It was the first thing we were warned about. We’ve always had SKY so it’s not a massive issue, pretty much everyone is on SKY or Virgin.

Yes same here was the first time I had lived in this area of town. Apparently our area is on a different transmitter which is out in the sticks. It was ok at first but after a few years it started to lose signal and the picture would break up into squares. Only thing is if WiFi plays up no TV. I do have a DVD collection though.

Brendahollowayreconsider · 31/07/2025 20:57

Smallchangebigstep · 30/07/2025 17:17

Well I don't think it's appropriate to advertise a film like that during childrens tv viewing hours.
1970s smut with dated attitudes to women weren't funny then and are even less so today.
It was given an X rating when it was released and I know attitudes have changed but I wouldnt want young children to see it.

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Exactly they were bad in the 70s ,I saw one when I was a teen.
Why anyone would watch in this day and age it's definitely a waste of an hour and half of your life.

MissAvainthesun · 31/07/2025 20:49

UsingAMansNameInAWomensWorld · 31/07/2025 20:05

Why would it be up on a classroom wall?

It would depend on the class tbh

An art class or history class or film class? Ye, it would be fine at secondary

Maths? I'd be confused if this or the Mona Lisa or Saturn Eating His Son etc was up

And primary tends to have very different pictures

You’ve virtually said this image is fine anywhere so just wanted to see what you thought about it being up in schools.

I have just asked a Primary Teacher friend and the image would be deemed inappropriate in his school regardless of year group.

Secondary teacher friends have said it could be used in an Art, Drama, PSHE Y9 and above, or A Level lesson depending on subject, relevance and discussion before used but not something that would just ‘be there’.

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MissAvainthesun · 31/07/2025 20:39

OonaStubbs · 31/07/2025 19:07

Wasn't Tony Blair's father in law in these films?

I’ve no idea sorry

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UsingAMansNameInAWomensWorld · 31/07/2025 20:05

MissAvainthesun · 31/07/2025 19:06

So out of interest would you be happy if that image was up on a wall in a classroom? Primary or Secondary?

Why would it be up on a classroom wall?

It would depend on the class tbh

An art class or history class or film class? Ye, it would be fine at secondary

Maths? I'd be confused if this or the Mona Lisa or Saturn Eating His Son etc was up

And primary tends to have very different pictures

OonaStubbs · 31/07/2025 19:07

Wasn't Tony Blair's father in law in these films?

MissAvainthesun · 31/07/2025 19:06

UsingAMansNameInAWomensWorld · 31/07/2025 15:42

It's hypocritical to say "Oh they can see nudity in a museum because we'll just say it's old" and "they can't see a fairly tame drawing of something they might even see in real life"

There's no nudity, no sex, just a vaguely suggestive pose

I've not told you anything about hownyou dress your children. You've decided to add that little bit in yourself

So out of interest would you be happy if that image was up on a wall in a classroom? Primary or Secondary?

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MissAvainthesun · 31/07/2025 19:03

StMarie4me · 31/07/2025 15:47

Well it’s not a Carry on is it? It’s one of the Adventures of movies that starred Barry Evans. It’s a seaside postcard movie.
OP- Do you never see inappropriate things at those seaside shops? Or Fairs? Cock on a stick type things?
Just say “that’s a silly old fashioned things for grown ups”.

I’ll be honest no we haven’t the last few times we’ve been to the beach. The kids prefer to get donuts and go on the coin machines and the odd ride. They prefer to just play on the beach as long as they can than go to the shops.

When my children have seen things that are for grown up’s (like the invitation to a friends hen party that had a giant co*k on the front) I have said exactly what you have said. I and DH do know what to say to my children in these circumstances I have had them for the last 6 and 8 years.

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UsingAMansNameInAWomensWorld · 31/07/2025 18:58

zaxxon · 31/07/2025 18:44

True! I'd forgotten. Weirdly it seems less shocking, even though when I first saw it at 14 I was very unfamiliar with men's dangly bits. Clearly it didn't scar me for life ...

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I actually remembered Brian before ... umm the girl whose name I forget 🤣 was naked

MissAvainthesun · 31/07/2025 18:55

SharpLily · 31/07/2025 18:38

Apparently there are people out there who edit some films so their children can watch them without being corrupted by sexy scenes. They don't do the same with the violence. It seems sex is bad but violence is not.

I don’t want my children watching overly violent things either. Sex and violence is unavoidable as it’s everywhere on and off TV we just try to be wary and limit what our children see.

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MissAvainthesun · 31/07/2025 18:51

Pinty · 31/07/2025 15:35

LG isn't on Freeview.
But also you weren't on a TV station you were on the home screen for your app and what you see will be linked to your profile which I assume is set as an adult. There isn't a watershed for what is advertised on a home screen.

Can you or someone else tell me where it says adult profile/child profile? We don’t ever use it so I’d like to alter the settings if possible.

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zaxxon · 31/07/2025 18:44

UsingAMansNameInAWomensWorld · 31/07/2025 09:16

There are naked men in Life of Brian too tbf

True! I'd forgotten. Weirdly it seems less shocking, even though when I first saw it at 14 I was very unfamiliar with men's dangly bits. Clearly it didn't scar me for life ...

LlynTegid · 31/07/2025 18:41

I agree with the OP, indeed any film that had a 15 or 18 certificate should not be advertised on tv in the daytime.

Same applies to Frankie Boyle's show if it ever comes back, and Mrs Brown's Boys.

SharpLily · 31/07/2025 18:38

Apparently there are people out there who edit some films so their children can watch them without being corrupted by sexy scenes. They don't do the same with the violence. It seems sex is bad but violence is not.

StMarie4me · 31/07/2025 15:47

Hoardasurass · 30/07/2025 17:22

It's one of the carryon movies isn't it, if so its a pg and can be advertised at anytime of the day

Well it’s not a Carry on is it? It’s one of the Adventures of movies that starred Barry Evans. It’s a seaside postcard movie.
OP- Do you never see inappropriate things at those seaside shops? Or Fairs? Cock on a stick type things?
Just say “that’s a silly old fashioned things for grown ups”.

UsingAMansNameInAWomensWorld · 31/07/2025 15:42

It's hypocritical to say "Oh they can see nudity in a museum because we'll just say it's old" and "they can't see a fairly tame drawing of something they might even see in real life"

There's no nudity, no sex, just a vaguely suggestive pose

I've not told you anything about hownyou dress your children. You've decided to add that little bit in yourself

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 31/07/2025 15:35

All I want is for my children to remain innocent curious and young minded for that little bit longer which I don’t think is a bad thing.

But why do you think that image would cause them to lose their innocence?

Pinty · 31/07/2025 15:35

LG isn't on Freeview.
But also you weren't on a TV station you were on the home screen for your app and what you see will be linked to your profile which I assume is set as an adult. There isn't a watershed for what is advertised on a home screen.

MissAvainthesun · 31/07/2025 15:32

TerrierCollector · 31/07/2025 15:15

Couldn’t get worked up about this if I tried. It’s not exactly an explicit image. Most kids wouldn’t think anything of it. Streaming sites don’t have time constraints placed on what they can show so you need to police them yourself if it upsets you.

Yes I am aware now that streaming doesn’t have time constraints like many of the previous posters have already said.

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BIossomtoes · 31/07/2025 15:16

I don’t think their innocence would compromised by seeing a woman bending over in a short skirt.

TerrierCollector · 31/07/2025 15:15

Couldn’t get worked up about this if I tried. It’s not exactly an explicit image. Most kids wouldn’t think anything of it. Streaming sites don’t have time constraints placed on what they can show so you need to police them yourself if it upsets you.