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complaints they forwarded them to Ofcom who issued a fine to the channel and revoked its
licence to broadcast.
because they believed that the image of a cat being kicked across a
pitch by a blind football player was offensive to blind people and could
encourage animal cruelty. However, it was not banned by the
advertising watchdog as it was judged the ad was unlikely to encourage
or condone cruelty to animals or cause serious or widespread offence.
Advertising
needs to be regulated because if adverts and tv were not regulated then lot of things would come across as inappropriate, offensive or insulting
to a lot of people.