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\nThe UK’s Advertising Standards Authority has found several mobile phone game adverts likely to cause “serious or widespread offence” due to harmful gender stereotypes.\n<\/p>\n

\nAn advert for one game, Refantasia: Charm and Conquer, is described<\/a> as having featured an “anime-style image of a young woman in a cage” in shackles and with torn clothing, which was singled out for particular criticism.\n<\/p>\n

\nCaptions referenced “my master” and were accompanied by text which described the person as a “little girl”. The ASA judged the character as being someone under 18 represented in a sexual manner.\n<\/p>\n

Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – eurogamer.net<\/p>\n

All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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