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sznpa7c09yts
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14 hours ago

Inappropriate Ad Content in Game

I’ve been playing Real Racing 3 since the day it was released and was a RR2 and RR player before that.

In this time I have watched many in-game ads to earn currency, speed-up repair times, etc. 

Starting on Monday, Sept 7 I began receiving in-game ads served up by Google Ad Services for a film distributor named Kino Lorber for a documentary film on Leni Reifenstahl. She is the filmmaker and propagandist who documented Adolph **bleep**’s rise to power in the documentary “Triumph of The Will”. 

The ad prominently shows Nazi symbols - Swastikas, Goose-stepping soldiers giving Heil **bleep** salutes, **bleep** smiling and saluting. 


This is totally disgusting, offensive, outrageous and completely unacceptable. Do you not screen your advertisers and their content? 

I feel it is beyond outrageous that this disgusting imagery is being presented in Real Racing 3 ads. Nazi imagery being presented in a game where many players are children, descendants of victims of genicide or of groups persecuted and slaughtered by this regime is beyond inexcusable.

Especially in light of the rise of neo-Nazi groups and their propaganda of hate - EA by not conducting adequate due-diligence is essentially condoning this.

I would hope that EA performs adequate vetting and due-diligence on the companies/services that serve us the in-game advertisements that are streamed to us in the game. To have a Nazi themed ad is completely unacceptable.

Do better

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    EA_Darko
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    3 hours ago

    Hey sznpa7c09yts​ understand the concern but important to remember that the film in question is a documentary and not a celebration or endorsement of the subject.

    It's actually quite a good and important piece of cinema about how our history is co-opted and the figures behind it. 

    At no point is it sympathetic towards the Nazi regime or their beliefs. 

    In order to not repeat the mistake our history we need to remember it and cinema is one of our most powerful tools, especially when it's reclaiming it from those who used it to spread hate.

    We will pass the feedback on to the team but important to keep in mind that ads like this may not be removed.

    Darko

     

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