Banned Ads In 2012 - Business Insider

Laura Stampler | Dec. 15, 2012, 11:33 AM | 59,208| 2

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As 2012 comes to a close, it's time to remember the ads that were deemed too risqu?, disingenuous or gratuitous to make it to glossy magazine pages or commercial breaks.

These are the most eyebrow-raising ads that were banned around the world this year.?

They were kicked off the airwaves for everything from showing naked models to promoting dangerous driving to depicting brain-loving zombies to offending elderly dudes with the implication that an?"older man does not receive any [sexual] attention due to his age."

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' + google_ads[0].line2 + '?' + google_ads[0].line3 + '
' + google_ads[0].visible_url + '

'; } else if (google_ads.length > 1) { /* * For text ads, append each ad to the string. */ for(i = 0; i

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/banned-ads-2012-12

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