Topic: video game marketing
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UK Bans Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Ad Over Sexual Violence Depiction
The UK's Advertising Standards Authority banned a "Call of Duty: Black Ops 7" ad for trivializing sexual violence, ruling it irresponsible and likely to cause serious offense despite the game's mature rating. The controversial ad depicted a scenario where untrained airport staff, implied to be ...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Ad Banned for Offensive Joke
A UK advertising regulator has permanently banned a live-action ad for *Call of Duty: Black Ops 7*, ruling it "trivialized sexual violence" and was irresponsible. The banned commercial depicted comedic "Replacer" characters subjecting an airline passenger to an invasive, humiliating security scre...
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Trump's DHS Uses Halo Meme to Recruit ICE Officers
The Department of Homeland Security is using Halo franchise imagery in a social media recruitment campaign, linking directly to ICE's hiring portal with game-inspired text like "DESTROY THE FLOOD." This strategy follows a previous DHS post that incorporated Pokémon content, drawing parallels betw...
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