The council will now process complaints already made and companies will have 24 hours to remove offending advertisements. In 2016, the Swedish Advertising Ombudsman reported as many as 1,000 gender discrimination complaints per year.
Estimated reading time: 0 minutes, 17 seconds
Stockholm Moves Against Offensive Ads
- Sunday, Jun 17 2018
- EU/UK
- Written by CMO Tech News
The Stockholm City council voted to take down racist and sexist advertisements from billboards around the city. So reports New Europe.
Most Read
-
-
Feb 04 2020
-
Written by CMO Tech News Staff
For football fans, Super Bowl LIV has a clear winner…
-
-
-
Jan 04 2020
-
Written by CMO Tech News Staff
Some of the world's biggest brands have disrupted or eliminated…
-
-
-
Apr 20 2020
-
Written by CMO Tech News Staff
No longer just an industry buzzword, 'digital transformation' has taken…
-
-
-
Dec 12 2019
-
Written by CMO Tech News Staff
Personalized advertising risks creeping out consumers and is dying because…
-