Crazy Domains breaches Ad Standards for depiction of public urination

Australian domain provider Crazy Domains has been reprimanded over a recent advertising campaign after the Ad Standards Community Panel ruled it breached the Australian Association of National Advertisers (AANA) Code Of Ethics.

The ad in question, which aired on television as both a 30-second and 15-second spot, was ruled to have breached the code due to its depiction of “illegal, unhygienic behaviour”.

The spot depicts a group of men on a night out, and follows one as he breaks away from the group and publicly urinates on a shop front, before a message appears on the screen: “The real world sucks for business. You’re better off online.”