This is Michael Jordan's Wife

[MaMaLa321]

Every time I use MN on my phone, I get a picture of a black man (presumerably MJ) and a white woman, and this message. I have no intention of clicking on the link, as it reads to me like a racist dog whistle.
Can MN shed some light on this please?

Hi @MaMaLa321 thanks for this report. Are you able to provide a screenshot of the ad in question please?

Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this for you.

This one

Hi @Bringmewineandcake thanks for the screenshot .

Please can you also send us the URL of the ad?

You'll just need to turn your phone/device to airplane mode or turn off the connection, and then click on the ad. This will show the URL which you can copy and paste without actually opening the webpage.

As I'm computer illiterate, I'm hoping that bringme can do it. Otherwise I'll have a go.

here it is
eb2.3lift.com/pass?tl_clickthrough=true&redir=https%3A%2F%2Fr1-euc1.zemanta.com%2Frs%2Fu1hp7oaoy29s%2Fb1_triplelift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bc=0.02&pr=X2IwAwALTZAK03qIAAu4Qz6j0VPLX_83WRE8DA&brid=103494&bmid=2460&biid=2460&aid=50543214641374722050&bcud=20&sid=15241&ts=1600270339&cb=31334

Well, you asked, @soniamumsnet!

Well done MaMaLa321

I did think I was going to be spending my evening trying to catch the advert

I'm just glad I'm not the only one getting it.

You're not alone - I'm getting it all the time.
Plus "What is Michael Jordan worth?'.

Without adding the all important information: who the hell is Michael Jordan?

Is it me or is there something a bit fishy/weirder than normal going on across the mumsnet site this week?

@StormzyinaTCup

Is it me or is there something a bit fishy/weirder than normal going on across the mumsnet site this week?

Helloo,

What else has been happening? Please do give us a shout if there's anything else going on besides annoying and sneaky ads.

Sneaky annoying ad? It’s all flippin sneaky annoying ads these days!

Or just randoms...

Michael Jordan is an extremely famous American pro athlete (basketball). I haven't seen the ad except in this thread, but can someone explain to me why it's a 'racist dog whistle'? Google says that IS his wife. She's Cuban-American and a model apparently.

And I expect he's worth a pretty serious amount of money.

It’s it of context I guess. The article is about famous sports men and their wives, not about their race.

I have concerns about it and made the racist dog whistle comment. I accept that I might be wrong. It's just that I have never done any searches on him, and it kept on coming up, again and again, with no reason - no advertising line, or company name. A black man with a white woman. Obviously, I have no feelings (apart from indifference) about it, but why do they keep coming up?

oh, and I have no interest in sport.

it’s laughable to expect people to believe that mumsnet is subject to ‘sneaky’ ads. you host what you host. don’t pretend you don’t.

I keep getting it too. I've not clicked it as I assume it's a daft fake ad.

For weeks I had the Harry and Meghan ones and now it's MJ. 🏀 🤾‍♂️

@fucknuckle

it’s laughable to expect people to believe that mumsnet is subject to ‘sneaky’ ads. you host what you host. don’t pretend you don’t.

No quite aware. I work in the area. Still weird ads though...

i meant that MN are aware of the ads they host. the slightly puzzled ‘oh sneaky ads where do they come from, what are we like??’ routine response from admin is the ridiculous bit.

@fucknuckle

i meant that MN are aware of the ads they host. the slightly puzzled ‘oh sneaky ads where do they come from, what are we like??’ routine response from admin is the ridiculous bit.

We have filters for the type of programmatic ads we will host (we don't book these kind of ads directly) but sometimes, unsuitable ads slip through the filters. When we're alerted to this, we block them pretty quickly but we appreciate it's annoying all the same.

I've also been seeing the same random MJ advert as OP. For a few weeks and appeared again just now.