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Of Course This Fiat 500 Ad Was Banned In Australia

Luke Hopewell 12 March 2013 12:15 PM

I love Fiats. The souped-up Abarth versions are even better. What I don’t understand is what the marketing department was thinking when it put this ad together for the Super Bowl. The company has just had it banned for being too sexual and reportedly advocating dangerous driving.

15 February 2013

Online

Iceland Wants To Ban Internet Porn

Jesus Diaz 15 February 2013 7:45 AM

“If we can send a man to the moon, we must be able to tackle porn on the internet.” Those are the now immortal words of Halla Gunnarsdóttir, the political advisor to Iceland’s Interior Minister Ögmundur Jónasson. Iceland wants to block all internet porn.

21 September 2012

28 August 2012

Mobile

Apple Wants To Bans These Samsung Products In The US

Jesus Diaz 28 August 2012 9:45 AM

That was fast. After examining the verdict, Apple is now seeking to ban these products from the market.

22 March 2012

Software

Is This App Really Too Sexy For Your iPhone?

Casey Chan 22 March 2012 9:00 AM

Artist Luciano Foglia’s app filled with circles, triangles, rhombi, rectangles and other geometric shapes was rejected by Apple recently because of “excessively objectionable or crude content”. That’s right: An app filled with geometry was considered too explicit and pornographic for the App Store.

16 September 2011

Geek Out

Top 5 Smelly Things That Should Be Banned In Aeroplanes

Jesus Diaz 16 September 2011 3:39 AM

The US Department of Transportation wants to ban electronic cigarettes, even while they only produce water vapour that doesn’t contain any cancerous chemicals. They say this will increase the comfort of other passengers. Perhaps they should ban other things first.

17 August 2011

Computing

European Union Ban Lifted On Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

Brent Rose 17 August 2011 9:10 AM

BGR is reporting that the regional court in Düsseldorf is partially lifting the ban that allowed Apple to block Samsung from selling their popular Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the European Union. It is still banned in Germany, pending Samsung’s appeal.

2 August 2011

28 July 2011

News

Julia Roberts’ Makeup Ads Banned For Being Too Photoshopped

Kat Hannaford 28 July 2011 6:20 PM

The image you see of Julia Robert’ flawless face has been gooning down from billboards and magazines for months now. Only trouble is, it’s fake — and now banned in the UK.

8 July 2011