China fines a company over a Dove chocolate "situationship" ad
According to reporting by CBS MoneyWatch, China has fined a company what amounts to about $120,000 over an ad it created for Dove chocolate featuring a woman in a "situationship," saying it promoted the "wrong views on marriage and relationships."
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According to reporting by CBS MoneyWatch, China has fined a company what amounts to about $120,000 over an ad it created for Dove chocolate featuring a woman in a "situationship," saying it promoted the "wrong views on marriage and relationships."
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The video, first posted online in August, showed a woman getting chocolates from a man with whom she was in a "situationship" after her boyfriend ignored her.
The clip caused a stir online in China, with some social media users saying it promoted infidelity, prompting Dove to issue an apology.
Zongzheng Food — the company that created the ad and that operates a Dove store on Chinese e-commerce platform Kuaishou — was fined 800,000 yuan ($120,000) last month, Shanghai authorities said on Thursday.
The ad "packaged being unfaithful in a relationship as a 'sweet experience,' promoting wrong views on marriage and relationships and violating good social customs," the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Administration said in a statement.
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