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Ofcom FFS- 'joke' job ad about porn

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ArabellaScott · 17/12/2024 16:46

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clygj1l4yweo

'Ofcom has apologised for what it admits was an "ill-judged" employee post about a job which involves monitoring pornographic websites for illegal content and stopping children accessing them.
"Always wanted to work in porn but don't have the feet for an OnlyFans? Now is your chance", joked the post by a senior staff member at the media regulator.'

Great bunch of lads.

Ofcom logo on a sign. It reads in a red font: Ofcom, office of communications.

Ofcom apologises for 'ill-judged' porn joke job ad

Campaigners say the post, by a senior manager at the regulator, treats porn as a job perk.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clygj1l4yweo

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INeedAPensieve · 17/12/2024 16:55

Jesus. Ill judged indeed...

Thevelvelletes · 17/12/2024 17:03

How on earth did that get signed off.

TrainedByKittens · 17/12/2024 17:15

Thevelvelletes · 17/12/2024 17:03

How on earth did that get signed off.

Looks like it was how the manager responsible for the team posted about the job not an actual advert.

Manager responsible doesn’t appear to be in the right role though if they think that was acceptable anywhere let alone on a (allegedly) professional site

KnitFastDieWarm · 17/12/2024 17:18

I’ve worked with Ofcom in the past and dark humour is pretty ubiquitous because they deal with some truly grim stuff. I think this was poorly judged, but not malicious - in the same way that we all know medics use a lot of dark humour amongst themselves to help them process difficult things and get through the day, but are aware of the need to keep it away from patients.

comedycentral · 17/12/2024 17:34

Wow! Some of their gallows humour left the office; it was completely inappropriate, and I am sure they will retrain him on social media use.

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ArabellaScott · 17/12/2024 17:52

KnitFastDieWarm · 17/12/2024 17:18

I’ve worked with Ofcom in the past and dark humour is pretty ubiquitous because they deal with some truly grim stuff. I think this was poorly judged, but not malicious - in the same way that we all know medics use a lot of dark humour amongst themselves to help them process difficult things and get through the day, but are aware of the need to keep it away from patients.

Perhaps. I'm seeing it in the context of Ofcom's remarkably sexist recent decisions on upholding complaints by Juno Dawson, but not by Helen Joyce.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/16/scrap-misleading-ipso-gender-rules-feminist-campaigners/

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ArabellaScott · 17/12/2024 17:53

FUCKSAKE. Ignore me. Ofcom, not Ipsos. Sincere apologies, I got my acronyms in a fankle.

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Freddie999 · 17/12/2024 17:56

KnitFastDieWarm · 17/12/2024 17:18

I’ve worked with Ofcom in the past and dark humour is pretty ubiquitous because they deal with some truly grim stuff. I think this was poorly judged, but not malicious - in the same way that we all know medics use a lot of dark humour amongst themselves to help them process difficult things and get through the day, but are aware of the need to keep it away from patients.

I'm a paramedic (a profession notorious for black humour) and I chuckled first, then sighed!

FKAT · 17/12/2024 18:02

KnitFastDieWarm · 17/12/2024 17:18

I’ve worked with Ofcom in the past and dark humour is pretty ubiquitous because they deal with some truly grim stuff. I think this was poorly judged, but not malicious - in the same way that we all know medics use a lot of dark humour amongst themselves to help them process difficult things and get through the day, but are aware of the need to keep it away from patients.

Presumably OFCOM employees know the difference between dark humour verbally between colleagues and a social post on a professional network anyone can see?

Presumably, you can't get a job at a media regulator without knowing this?

NoBinturongsHereMate · 17/12/2024 18:06

KnitFastDieWarm · 17/12/2024 17:18

I’ve worked with Ofcom in the past and dark humour is pretty ubiquitous because they deal with some truly grim stuff. I think this was poorly judged, but not malicious - in the same way that we all know medics use a lot of dark humour amongst themselves to help them process difficult things and get through the day, but are aware of the need to keep it away from patients.

Medics know that if they put most of that dark humour on social media, they'll be sanctioned.

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