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ElwinAmigo
New Adventurer
2 days ago

Unlawful Advertising

EA,

The past couple of weeks we have seen advertisements in the gaming platform for Simcity Buildit that according to Federal and our Sate law is illegal and it violates those laws.

What are we talking about? THC products.

We have contacted the in-game help to alert them about this. They have sent a reply saying: "we will make a detailed case for this and send to the appropriate channels". Just like all of the other issues we have let them know of - and nothing ever gets accomplished. So we will use this forum to get these ads removed.

Each of the Federal and State laws (that we live  in) state: you cannot use TV, multimedia, and/or a platform that involves  minors to advertise on. Plus if an ad is allowed there, it has contain a warning about the side effects and or health related issues. The ads we have seen in SCBI do not contain these warnings.

So take this as a notice to remove these advertisements or we will report our findings to the appropriate authorities.

Thank you

 

 

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5 Replies

  • DeadCityDeadGame's avatar
    DeadCityDeadGame
    Seasoned Vanguard
    1 day ago

    I recommend contacting your device platform (Google or Apple) to report this in the meantime. They have rules that EA must follow to be allowed to have Simcity listed in the App Store. If you are in the USA it is a quite a serious crime to advertise an illegal Schedule 1 controlled substance.

  • froggy0812's avatar
    froggy0812
    Seasoned Rookie
    1 day ago

    call Donald , let him make simcity buildit great again 

  • ElwinAmigo's avatar
    ElwinAmigo
    New Adventurer
    3 hours ago

    froggy0812,

    Your reply is toooooo funny. Thx we needed a good laugh to start our day!

  • ElwinAmigo's avatar
    ElwinAmigo
    New Adventurer
    3 hours ago

    For those who have read this post. EA for the moment has removed those ads. We have not seen one since we had posted this note.

    Good for them, however this brings up another topic. EA is taking the advertisers money with out regard to the contents of the ad. Where is the review process on EA's part? Don't you think that EA has a responsibility to review what ads to show? We would guess not. All EA is interested in - is grabbing people's money.

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