@ret @mullvadnet Mullvad's own account is here.

https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

there's nothing to complain to the ASA about - the ad was rejected by the TV companies' own (private, joint-owned) pre-vetting body, and mainly on grounds of quality and clarity.

@mullvadnet hold up! Mullvad wasn't censored. that word has a particular, specific meaning, and unlike most private organisations that might deny someone a platform, Clearcast has a judicial review ruling saying that it's a private, non-governmental body:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearcast

had Mullvad's ad been banned by the ASA, that would have been censorship - and indeed, since the ASA also monitors billboard ads, that might still happen... but what happened here was that nobody who broadcast the ads would broadcast Mullvad's, which is probably not terribly surprising given that they're all owned by companies with a vested interest in not letting VPNs get a foothold.

moreover, it was just that ad that was rejected. not Mullvad as a whole.

https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

@Ashedryden oh for fuck's sake. this time it's PKD going "do not create the torment nexus" - and the UK government is going "look at the shiny new torment nexus we are building! aren't we clever? don't you want to vote for us? wouldn't it be scary if Reform got their hands on this torment nexus?"

@Natasha_Jay and i very much wish i lived in one of them

@kirakira @ben substack owners: ohh but Nazi money is just so good tho

@ben might be the first time it's been documented in a national newspaper though

@mawr the right way.