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Ann Summers Adverts- please make them fuck off

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SisterNancy · 21/01/2023 07:40

For days now I have been constantly being shown photos and videos of a woman in pink stockings and suspenders as the advertising on MN. I really don’t come to MN to see that crap. Please tell me how I can stop it. I don’t need or want misogynistic sexualised advertising on a site that supposed to be about support for parents.

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YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 21/01/2023 15:52

Hello @SisterNancy we're sorry to hear you don't like the ad - we'll discuss your feedback at MNHQ.

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YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 24/01/2023 16:09

Hey @SisterNancy we've checked and it sounds like this is a Google ad - are you able to send us a screenshot of it when you see it, please? The same for the gambling ad - thanks in advance.

We have filters that prevent certain kinds of programmatic ads from appearing on the site but on occasion some may slip through.

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YetAnotherBeckyMumsnet · 11/02/2023 13:51

Hi all, if you're seeing this ad again, please share a screenshot and, if possible, the URL (if you switch your device to airplane mode then you won't open the site).

@Liora we always address MNers respectfully but our style has always been relatively casual. We're not sure why 'hey' would be impolite in the context of Mumsnet.

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LilyMumsnet · 20/02/2023 17:39

SisterNancy · 20/02/2023 17:18

The constant Ann Summers ads did stop about a month ago replaced by the same constant IVF advert ‘IVF step by step’. It’s less offensive for me personally to see this one constantly because I haven’t had to use IVF. But if I had had to or I had fertility problems I think this might be really upsetting. The gambling website has gone now. I don’t really understand how these google ads work- so is it that MN isn’t able to control which ads we see on MN? What can we do if the ads that Google picks to show us on MN are awful, then?

Hi OP

We don't allow certain adverts such as gambling, but google ads can hide themselves and avoid being blocked - so sometimes we need to manually block them. If you ever have concerns about an advert, you can grab the url to the ad and we'll look into it right away. Flowers

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