Audible gets first ad ban after showing Celeste Barber sitting in fridge

Amazon’s audiobooks brand Audible has had an ad banned by Australia’s advertising watchdog for the first time.

Barber: ‘Dangerous message for children’

The TV ad – featuring comedian Celeste Barber sitting in a fridge – breached the Ad Standards rules because of the risk that children might copy.

The campaign was created by the agency Emotive and launched in March.

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