MN have been picked up by the baby feeding law group!

[BadgerBadger]

Here

Yes, I know there are many, many threads about this issue. I thought this warrented attention.

shit

Inevitable.

have they paid their subs?

utterly inevitable

cant understand why they did it at all?

sorry, mumsnet, bonkers.

Last updated yesterday.. info from a mumsnetter no doubt

Doesn't put Mumsnet in a good light to be linked by the media to this, does it?

Thanks for posting it BB.

"cant understand why they did it at all"

well considering how many people on here DIDN'T know the exact laws on advertising of formula you can't expect everyone that runs a website (and therefore earns revenue from advertising) to know them too...

I think MN are going to live to regret their foray into this form of advertorial.

I think their credibility as an impartial parenting website has been completely shot to hell.

I think some urgent thinking needs to take place at MNHQ and that needs to consider the long term future of this site, along side the short term financial needs. A bit of strategic thining needs to be done I think!

er

even I did

If mumsnet had put as much thought into it as they said, you'd expect them to know.

After all, there are plenty of people on here who could have told them

I think this campaign does look increasingly dodgy.

I would really like to think it's because I alerted them to it(but I'm sure I was only one of hundreds!)

Very very positive development.

has there been an official statement made from Carrie or Justine on any of the Aptimal threads?

QoQ - At least one member of the MNHQ team is a lawyer, and it's a hot topic. I'm sure they thought about this.

Thanks for that posting - could this bring MN itself into disrepute for hosting it ?

I'm pretty damn sure mnhq do know a bit about the law QoQ. It's been spelt out here often enough.

blimey.

hunker? is that you?

As far as I know, yes, the Baby Feeding Law Group are seeking prosecution of MN along with the others flauting the law and WHO regs.

So they should, IMO.

They are actually seeking to prosecute Mumsnet for carrying the ad, Badger, as well as Milupa?

I'll be a character witness

WWB, that's what I've gathered from the site, they seem to be targetting the promoters of the ad as much as Milupa itself.
I've emailed to ask. I don't know whether I'll receive a reply, but I'll post it if I do.

Updating.

Will they get into big trouble though ??