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Great news that #Sheffield City Council have introduced a Gambling Harms Prevention Strategy including a clear understanding of the harmful impact of advertising & marketing - a national ban on all gambling ads would really support this @endgamblingads.bsky.social @gamblingwithlives.bsky.social

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Here is a great positive story about a bus stop in #Cornwall which is regularly painted & updated by the local community - bus stops are part of local public space & can reflect the people who live there 😍 What would you like to see at your bus stop? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #positivenews

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We're taking on the dangerous fantasy of SUV advertising in our latest podcast episode 🚙 Listen now on Spotify, Acast and YouTube. youtu.be/jlcIcUTFynw

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Do you live, work or play in #Oxford? You can help to support a local campaign to remove adverts from a dangerous roundabout where they distract road users - find out more & get involved! adfreecities.org.uk/2025/02/oxfo...

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Cultural heritage or corporate advertising? Seems an obvious choice, but apparently not in Bath, where a Sainsbury's ad has been given approval to be projected onto a wall opposite Bath Abbey. Read our guest blog on this from @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social: adfreecities.org.uk/2025/02/sain...

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Here are some our February hub highlights 👇 🏭 @adfreecities.bsky.social & New Weather Institute have filed an OECD complaint against WPP, alleging it violated climate & human rights rules by promoting major polluters, marking a major legal shift for advertisers working with fossil fuel companies.

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Well said @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social. We need to be able to escape from advertising, and protect our public spaces. There is #NoRightToAdvertise @adfreecities.bsky.social www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerse...

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Check out this guest blog from Councillor @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social on the controversial approval of a projected advertisement in central #Bath which is a #UNESCO World Heritage Site adfreecities.org.uk/2025/02/sain...

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👀 Once you see #carspreading, you see it everywhere. It's taking over our streets, one oversized SUV at a time. Share your #carspreading photos so we can show the world how bad it's getting. cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/

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⚠️Ad agencies beware⚠️ In a first-of-its-kind complaint, the world’s largest ad firm WPP has been reported to the UK branch of the OECD for allegedly not meeting guidelines for corporate responsibility through promoting polluting clients www.desmog.com/2025/02/10/a... @adfreecities.bsky.social (1/4)

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Stop Promoting Pollution! Today we launched our world first challenge the global ad giant WPP over their work for polluting clients. WPP agencies have promoted pollution for Shell, BP, Equinor, HSBC, JP Morgan Chase, Toyota, and more. Time to hold them to account. www.badverts.org/wpp/

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Time to make polluters (and their service providers!) PAY💰 Major #greenwashing complaint lodged against WPP for its work representing clients such as Shell, BP and Saudi Aramco. Great work @adfreecities.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/02/10/a...

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How do Big Meat & Dairy get away with taking little meaningful climate action? Check out our latest podcast episode: "Distract, delay, derail": the tactics of meat and dairy advertising, with Caitlin Smith of Changing Markets Foundation #greenwash shows.acast.com/better-witho...

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This is drop off at a primary school in South East London. At the same time, 75% of primary pupils and 90% of secondary pupils are travelling sustainably to London schools. Can they safely walk/cycle their journeys with cars this size driving past? Check out: www.suv-alliance.org.uk

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Last week the Government published their response to the House of Lords Food Diet & Obesity Committee report which included a key recommendation to ban advertising for unhealthy food across all media👍The Government said they need more evidence that banning ads makes a difference 🙁 Here is some:

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We've responded to the government consultation on the ZEV Mandate today. Their question: how to boost demand for electric vehicles? Our reply: stop advertising fossil fuel vehicles! Read more: adfreecities.org.uk/2025/02/endi...

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Huge news! Such a win 💚 Ruling Rosebank unlawful signals that scope 3 emissions now have to be taken into account in law. What repercussions will this have for the ad sector and for ads that promote consumption of highly polluting products?

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Road Danger Reduction Forum are pleased to be part of this new alliance. Check it out. www.suv-alliance.org.uk

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⚡️BREAKING⚡️A monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for us all! Court agreed that significant emissions caused by burning Rosebank’s oil should’ve been taken into account. It would’ve done nothing for energy bills or jobs but would drive further extreme weather. Congrats #StopRosebank

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Behind the sparkly ad campaigns, our overconsumption of industrially-farmed animals is causing multiple harms: to our own health as well as to the climate, nature and, of course, to the animals. We delve into the murky tactics of Big Meat & Dairy advertising, and why we need to end it.

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Large, polluting, dangerous SUVs are taking over our streets. But there is an alternative… The SUV Alliance are taking action with their 5-point manifesto for safer, fairer streets, without SUVs. suv-alliance.org.uk #SaferStreets #FairerStreets #WithoutSUVs

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SUVs are fast becoming the norm in the UK - clogging our streets, polluting our air, and endangering other road users. SGR is proud to be part of the SUV Alliance as it launches its 5-point manifesto for safer, fairer streets. 👇 🧪 #greensky

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Join us on Weds 29 Jan at Sparks, Bristol for the beta launch of Digital Dystopia - a mock advertising unit made from recycled e-waste. Event details for 'When Fossil Capitalism met Surveillance Advertising' here: hdfst.uk/e122839. RSVP. @adblockbristol.bsky.social

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Very pleased that @responsiblesci.bsky.social the New Weather Institute @adfreecities.bsky.social & @badvertising.bsky.social are part of the launch today of this new alliance to tackle the menace of urban SUVs, and its manifesto for safer, fairer streets... www.suv-alliance.org.uk

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Large, polluting, dangerous SUVs are taking over our streets. But there is an alternative… Today we launch the SUV Alliance and our 5-point manifesto for safer, fairer streets, without SUVs. #SaferStreets #FairerStreets #WithoutSUVs

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SUVs are bigger, heavier, more dangerous and more polluting... and yet they seem to be everywhere on our streets. But with a few simple changes we could create an alternative future of safer, fairer streets for everyone. That's why we're proud to be part of the SUV Alliance... 🧵

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Series 2 of the Better Without Billboards podcast is live! In our first episode we speak with Caitlin Smith from the Changing Markets Foundation about the Distract, Delay and Derail tactics of meat and dairy advertising. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 adfreecities.org.uk/podcast/

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We're saddened to see this approved. Public spaces and cultural heritage should not be billboards for corporations, not matter how much they pay. www.mnrjournal.co.uk/news/bath-is... @saskiaheijltjes.bsky.social @banesgreens.bsky.social

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We've joined health professionals and other campaigners to call for the government-backed 'Let's Eat Balanced' meat campaign to be scrapped. We need to reduce consumption of meat and dairy, and that means ending ads that are driving us in the wrong direction plantbasednews.org/culture/medi...

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Great news in #Norwich where over 100 people have objected to putting a giant ad screen in the town centre conservation area - well done @adblocknorwich.bsky.social 👏

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A shocking example of gambling advertising using sexualised content to push gambling amongst a young audience. Hats off to @endgamblingads.bsky.social for calling this out. Listen to our podcast episode on gambling ads with CEGA's Will Prochaska: shows.acast.com/better-witho...

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It feels like a good time to remind ourselves of the positive progress that often flies under the radar. This BBC article shares 7 wins for climate & nature in 2024 you might have missed: from ocean protection, to the end of UK coal, to legal personhood for whales www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

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You are on fire @adblockhackney.bsky.social 🔥- keeping pavements & public spaces for people & nature not corporate ads! Communities don't need energy hungry, pavement blocking ads promoting consumerism & products that are bad for people & the planet - our neighbourhoods are #BetterWithoutBillboards

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All episodes of series 1 of the Better Without Billboards podcast are now available to listen on YouTube 🎉 Better Without Billboards explores the unseen pollution all around us: advertising. We look at the problems, and what we can do to help. Listen now: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Huge news! Well done @adblockhackney.bsky.social and everyone who objected 🙌

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Great news from @adblockhackney.bsky.social 🥳 We CAN all ensure our communities are for people & nature rather than corporates & reclaim our public spaces!

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Great to see this article on advertising & child health in the @bmj.com which draws on a lot of the same evidence we found in our Consuming Childhood briefing adfreecities.org.uk/wp-content/u... We would be very interested to hear from more academics & organisations who are working on this in the UK

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Great write up of the Stop MSG Sphere campaign in London which shows that people power can defeat corporate greed 💪 You can get involved in fighting corporate advertising in your local community too by joining or starting an Adblock group adfreecities.org.uk/find-your-lo...

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Welcome to Bluesky @adblockcardiff.bsky.social - anyone in #Cardiff can get involved in fighting corporate ads & looking for alternatives such as the new policy brought in by the council with help from this brilliant local group adfreecities.org.uk/2024/12/card...

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Very interesting to see that Barclays bank's long-term ad agency is pulling away. Could it be because Barclays' reputation as the largest funder of fossil fuels in Europe has made them toxic? @cleancreatives.bsky.social www.moreaboutadvertising.com/2025/01/barc...

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