This undated photograph, supplied by a reader, exhibits a road commercial exhibiting gay individuals kissing one another. (Yonhap)
An enormous-screen commercial exhibiting gay individuals kissing and embracing one another was taken down 4 days after it started airing on the streets of Seoul’s southern district of Gangnam as a result of a collection of complaints.
The matchmaking app for gay individuals first appeared on the large display arrange alongside the streets of Gangnam’s Nonhyeon-dong on Aug. 26 underneath a contract that requires the advert’s airing at the least 100 occasions a day for one yr.
The photographs confirmed homosexual and lesbian {couples} one another, kissing and embracing.
However the advert was suspended Aug. 30 on the request of the Gangnam Ward authorities.
“Many complaints have been acquired,” a Gangnam Ward official mentioned, including the workplace requested for the advert’s suspension underneath associated regulation that bans ads which can be feared to hurt conventional customs with obscene content material.
The advert has been changed with one thing else selling one other product of the corporate.
The corporate expressed frustration.
“We spent fairly some huge cash to get the licensing contract for (the app’s) operation within the nation, however it’s just like the challenge has gone belly-up,” the corporate’s CEO mentioned. “We had no concept {that a} challenge associated to sexual minorities could be coldly handled like this in 2024.” (Yonhap)
