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Inappropriate adverts

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WhoWhatWheree · 04/06/2020 14:24

Of all times to put a skin lightening advert, mumsnet you have chosen to display one while protests are going on about Black Lives Matter and dealing with racism? This is SO SO SO wrong.

I’m using an iPhone XR, on safari, this advert links to www.organicskinlightener.com/products/organic-skin-lightener website.

No it is nothing to do with my search history either.

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LilyMumsnet · 04/06/2020 16:14

Hi all,

We're really sorry about this - just to confirm, they are ad-choice ads, so they don't come directly from us.

We have filters to block this sort of thing but some are clever and use different tags, so they can hide and slip through the net.

We're working to block these now. If possible, whenever this sort of thing happens, can you get us the direct URL to the advert?

You can do this by clicking the advert and copy and pasting the link to the landing page to us, so that we can block it directly. If you do this with mobile data and WiFi turned off, it will load the URL without actually loading the advert.

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LilyMumsnet · 04/06/2020 16:36

We've blocked it now.

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JoMumsnet · 05/06/2020 10:53

@BaitandSwitch

Hi MNHQ

I think that's great you've responded and blocked the advert so quickly, thank you.

Ah, thanks @BaitandSwitch.

It helps enormously when people are able to post screenshots and links (as they've done here) - we'll always do our best to block any inappropriate ads as soon as we can.

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LouMumsnet · 06/06/2020 15:28

Thanks so much for flagging this - we're alerting our ad team to it now.

Please do let us know if you see anything like this again won't you? As you say, it's horrific and absolutely unacceptable.

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