‘Completely illegal activity’ causes ad watchdog to reprimand eHarmony

August 23, 2017 9:59

Dating website eHarmony has been criticised for depicting “completely illegal activity” in its television commercial as a woman briefly sticks her arm and head out of a moving car.

The complaint to the ad watchdog said “not sure who slept on the job letting this go through as ok”.

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Abigail Dawson

Abigail Dawson was Mumbrella's senior content journalist covering event content. She left Mumbrella to move into an agency role in 2020.

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Paul 24 Aug 17

sticking your arm out the window is not illegal in any US state. Wft is wrong with you people

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‘Completely illegal activity’ causes ad watchdog to reprimand eHarmony

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