A promotional e-mail from Spotify included the text "Have you heard this song by Lily Allen? Give it a try. Fuck You."
The ASA upheld a complaint against the ad. Though consumers were targeted for the ad because of previous genres they'd listened to, they weren't targeted because of similar titles, and recipients of email from a general online music service wouldn't expect swearing.
Do visitors to the ASA adjudication website expect five times as much swearing?
ReplyDeleteI don't think the ASA website counts as advertising even in the UK!
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