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Sex toy advert on Harry Potter wiki

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BecauseWomensVoicesMatter · 29/12/2018 12:23

My 9 year old built the Hogwarts Hall Lego set on Boxing Day and in order to maintain interest, decided to create a landscape for his model. He wanted a photo of the film version of Hogwarts Castle. Image search wasn't great so I went to the Harry Potter wiki.

Where the top advert was for sex toys and sexy lingerie.

I'm FUMING! I have metacert block on pornography. (Now turned up from strong to extra strong). And a BT internet child block on. Which includes nudity & porn. Blocking systems failed. Welcoming blocking software suggestions :-)

Am also upset. And relieved we were together and I had mouse control to scroll it away while I reported it.

2/3rds of All web traffic is for porn. That translates to a new image for every human being on the planet every 15 seconds.

I want this to stop. Because the age of first accidental porn viewing is aged 9-11. And 80% is brutal violence and torture of women.

And it shouldn't be a slippery slope from a Harry Potter site.... one click from Instagram, Snapchat.

Breaks my heart that our children are not safe at home. And yes, this was mild, very mild, and it's still not what I want for my child.

Sex toy advert on Harry Potter wiki
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thesnapandfartisinfallible · 29/12/2018 20:17

So did I. Sorry OP but you haven't a leg to stand on in complaining as not only are the ads personalised, you have actually agreed to see them when you entered the site. Adblock won't prevent ads that you have permitted and it isn't pornographic.

chilledteacher · 29/12/2018 20:19

I got Ocado and Next, both of which make sense as I've used both websites recently. Clear your browser history OP.

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 29/12/2018 20:21

I have ad blocker and see no ads at all on HP wiki. I turned it off and saw an ad for legal and general which doesn't relate to anything I've been browsing at all . Maybe you need to tighten up your ad blocker settings? You shouldn't see anything on that site ime.

HarveySchlumpfenburger · 29/12/2018 21:07

I get trainline. Which makes sense.

Absolutely no point complaining to JKR. It’s got nothing to do with her and there’s not anything she can do about targeted ads on 3rd party sites.

As for being a children’s site, it isn’t but I guess that’s a lesson learned the hard way.

Zwischenwasser · 29/12/2018 21:22

Im getting PlayStation and Red Dead Redemption now on the HP site.

We do a fair bit of gaming here so I guess it is pretty reasonable.

Terfing · 29/12/2018 21:32

Did you really tweet this to JKRowling? Grin

Celebelly · 29/12/2018 21:35

That site has nothing to do with JK Rowling. They're unofficial fan sites.

sirmione16 · 29/12/2018 21:38

Oh ffs it doesn't matter what website you visited, the advert would've popped up anywhere - it just so happens you were looking on Wikipedia. Like others have said, those adverts at the side of the screen come up based on history from either that device or linked/associated devices. NOT microphones. NOT the website you're on. NOT jk bloody Rowling. Read up on your facts.

NeedAUsernameGenerator · 29/12/2018 21:46

I'm getting an ad for Superdry coats on that site, which I spent time looking at yesterday. If I felt the need to buy something from Love Honey I would use an incognito tab...

inbetweenmass · 29/12/2018 21:49

sirmione16 that's not true. The website can choose to opt out of adult ads. eg see the mumsnet thread above.

inbetweenmass · 29/12/2018 21:59

I'm getting ads for feminist tshirts- which I did look at - and car insurance, which I didn't look at as I don't have a car.

Hahahahahaha · 29/12/2018 23:39

OMG. she really did tweet her 😂😂😂😂

thesnapandfartisinfallible · 29/12/2018 23:59

Aaaand JKR now knows that the OP or her OH are deeply unsatisfied with their sex life. Awkward... Grin

KatoPotato · 30/12/2018 00:10

Haha! 'I love honey' good save....

OyOy · 30/12/2018 00:14

my family spent a lot of talking about how much we love honey at Christmas. There were 3 jars wrapped up. And taste testing and comparisons. So maybe the microphones were listening to our honey love?

Bwahahahahahahahah!

Have you thought about running as an MP?!

www.sickchirpse.com/john-prescott-thai-twitter/

You've been hoisted by your own petard - listening devices indeed - and you've tweeted JK Rowling too!

BTW, I went on and no ads - due to my very run-of-the-mill-no-advanced-settings ad blocker.

Thishatisnotmine · 30/12/2018 00:21

JKR has something to giggle about when she checks twitter! The ads are shaped by search history. The OPs ds probably knows this as well... awkward for him!

IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 30/12/2018 00:22

My Twitter app has stopped working...has the OP actually tweeted JK?! Grin 😂😂

LadyDeadpool · 30/12/2018 00:23

Brilliant work Wink OP you've cheered me up.

Sex toy advert on Harry Potter wiki
OyOy · 30/12/2018 00:27

Oh, just turned off my ad block on the Harry Potter wiki and refreshed a few times.

  1. Amazon book link - secret of mindfulness - which I did find a bit offensive tbf
  1. A zoo.com ad for a Harry Potter naming quiz thing ( blame Buzzfeed quizzicles)
  1. An ad for creative cloud software package

. So maybe the microphones were listening to our honey love ...bwahahahahaha...

Sorry OP - but this is hilarious, proper cheered me up!

SlayRide · 30/12/2018 00:27

I got audible and now TV Ads

IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 30/12/2018 00:30

I got Coach handbags which I google for about 10 minutes this morning then got a ad for a random pet food company that I looked at yesterday (not well known so wouldn’t be coincidence)

Someone has looked at love honey on your WiFi....has Winnie the Pooh been round?

IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece · 30/12/2018 00:31

I can’t finf the tweet! Bah!

AfterSchoolWorry · 30/12/2018 00:40

Oh. My. God.

OP, you big Muppet. You have just made an almighty show of yourself! Xmas Sad

OyOy · 30/12/2018 00:41

IHopeYouStepOnALegoPiece

Put "@jk_rowling Metacert" into the Twitter search bar and up it pops!

Ah, I was having a mid Christmas week dip - this has perked me right up!

KatoPotato · 30/12/2018 00:41

It's like Ron all over again ...

apiln.blogspot.com/2014/04/wont-pay-for-porn-anger.html?m=1

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