Facebook Bans Birdwatching Ad for Referring to 'Juvenile Boobies'

An ad for birdwatching from Australia's Christmas Island appears have run afoul of Facebook's rules

The social network banned a cheeky ad for its Bird 'n' Nature Week that referred to "boobies," a double entendre that ostensibly refers to birds known by that name. However, the ads may have pushed things too far by with a call for "Some gorgeous shots here of some juvenile boobies," combined with images of a brown booby, a red-footed booby, brown booby and an Abbott's booby.

According to Travel Daily News , the copy "breached Facebook's Ad guidelines by 'addressing the age, gender or sexual orientation of users on Facebook.'" Read more...

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