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UK entertainment company Mind Candy has been slammed by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for targeting membership ads at kiddies in an attempt to up-sell its paid-for content. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) believed Mind Candy's kids' game Moshi Monsters contained "a direct exhortation to buy a membership …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    Great.

    Now to do the same for anyone using below the belt advertising and subscription services.

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    1. Groaning Ninny
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      Re: Great.

      Below the belt? Oh, like Ashley Madison....

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      1. Mark 85
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        Re: Great.

        Obligatory... like Windows 10?

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  2. Frank Bitterlich
    Devil

    Good to read that they are considering...

    ... to remove the word "now" from the ads. Now the world is safe again.

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    1. DavCrav
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      Re: Good to read that they are considering...

      "Good to read that they are considering...

      ... to remove the word "now" from the ads. Now the world is safe again."

      I think you mean "The world is safe again".

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  3. Anonymous Coward
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    What's "slammed"?

    The ASA said the ad must not appear again in the form complained about.

    wonderful, life imitating Team America.

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  4. LINCARD1000
    Paris Hilton

    Bin Weevils?

    AKA maggots? :-o

    (Paris icon because it's the closest icon in the list that looks like a maggot)

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  5. Destroy All Monsters Silver badge
    Facepalm

    MAN THAT PICTURE IS FSCKING DISTURBING

    I do hope it is an outtake of Halloween 2015: Shamrock's Revenge.

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