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What on earth is ad choices doing here?!

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BIWI · 21/12/2018 08:53

This appeared in my feed today (a thread in relationships I think).

It's 'ad choices' so supposed to reflect the kind of things that I buy/search.

I don't have a dog and I have absolutely no interest in dogs, and I live in London - so no idea why this should pop up on my phone!

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AnyaMumsnet · 02/01/2019 12:34

Hi all,

Thanks for reporting these dodgy ads. We've found and blocked all of the ads you've reported, please post any others you find.

We've recently been trying a different source of ads on iOS app, 99.9% of the ads have been fine, with some glaring exceptions! If for some reason we aren't able to clear up these kinds of ads in the future, we will return to the more reliable ad source.

Thanks for all your feedback, we'll keep an eye on the situation.

BIWI · 02/01/2019 14:33

I'll let you know if I come across any more!

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bunintheoven88 · 04/01/2019 00:06

Could anybody shed any light on why the ads on my phone app are in another language? 🤔

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TimMumsnet · 04/01/2019 12:40

Hey @bunintheoven88 - thanks for raising this, how strange! It's unfortunately difficult for us to ensure sure adverts are in the correct language since it's decided by the ad provider and not us.

Sometimes this may occur if you have limited ad tracking, but I'm not certain on that.

bunintheoven88 · 04/01/2019 12:59

Thanks @TimMumsnet Smile

BillywilliamV · 04/01/2019 13:02

Yeah. I keep getting dating sites on Mumsnet, I've been married for 18 years, Time to move on ? Grin

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