• cowfodder@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Imagine commenting this on a comment discussing how an entire retailer is boycotting one of the companies involved.

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      2 days ago

      Yes, the company that made the ad. Unless something happened that I’m not aware of, nothing has happened to the marketing firm who made the ad nor the various companies who served the ad to audiences.

      The question was phrased in a way asking if an ad platform ran it across their standards and practices to see if the ad should be aired. The ad was in poor taste, but it could be shown on network television so no one stopped it. The risk for showing a controversial ad is near zero. The only company dealing with a boycott is the company that was advertising its product.