{"slug": "ai-app-ads-promoting-objectification-of-women-banned-by-watchdog", "title": "AI app ads promoting 'objectification of women' banned by watchdog", "summary": "The UK's advertising watchdog banned ads for AI apps that promoted the objectification of women, stating it has \"zero-tolerance\" for ads promoting AI tools that could sexualise or objectify women. The regulator's ruling targets AI app advertising specifically.", "body_md": "# AI app ads promoting 'objectification of women' banned by watchdog\n\nSource: \n\n[BBC Technology](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology)\nThe ad regulator said it had \"zero-tolerance\" for ads promoting AI tools that could sexualise or objectify women.\n\nGet AI news in your inbox\n\nDaily digest of what matters in AI.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-app-ads-promoting-objectification-of-women-banned-by-watchdog", "canonical_source": "https://www.machinebrief.com/news/ai-app-ads-promoting-objectification-of-women-banned-by-watc-38n2", "published_at": "2026-09-15 23:27:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 00:06:15.142406+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-policy", "ai-products"], "entities": ["BBC Technology"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-app-ads-promoting-objectification-of-women-banned-by-watchdog", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-app-ads-promoting-objectification-of-women-banned-by-watchdog.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-app-ads-promoting-objectification-of-women-banned-by-watchdog.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-app-ads-promoting-objectification-of-women-banned-by-watchdog.jsonld"}}