The Spanish luxury fashion house Balenciaga issued a statement in the early hours of this Wednesday apologizing for an ad campaign that used photos of children. with toys and accessories in which the public quickly recognized elements such as chains, meshes and harnesses typical of the sadomasochistic aesthetics.
In addition, he announced that he will take legal action against those responsible for including as a decorative element texts of the United States laws regarding the child pornography.
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The photographs are from Italian Gabriele Galimberti, member of The Photo Society and winner of international awards. And they involve children carrying bags in the shape of teddy bears (aimed at adults) from the spring-summer 2023 collection. And was the concept for Balenciaga’s Christmas campaign.
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But the provocation does not end there, as a spectator observed the photos carefully and published that one of the images showed, in the background, a still readable document on virtual child pornography.
the brand “Balenciaga” just did a uh….. interesting… photoshoot for their new products recently which included a very purposely poorly hidden court document about ‘virtual child porn’
normal stuff pic.twitter.com/zjMN5WhZ0s
— shoe (@shoe0nhead) November 21, 2022
A short time later, the brand removed the campaign posts from Instagram, but it was too late. Twitter users suspect that the legal document in question is the Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, a United States Supreme Court case that struck down two provisions of the Prevention of Child Pornography Act of 1996 because they restricted certain “freedoms of expression”.
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In addition, in other photos that promoted the collaboration between Balenciaga and Adidas, there are more legal documents used as part of the decoration, and they correspond to another case, USA vs. Williams, which ratified the protect law, that penalizes child pornography in that country.
After public outcry, #Balenciaga has APOLOGIZED for the incredibly disgusting ads sexualizing children.
Keep 👏 speaking 👏 out 👏 when you see evil like this. Don’t ignore it. Be vigilant. Your voice makes a huge difference. pic.twitter.com/X9sCn7xkdN
— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) November 22, 2022
The president and founder of the anti-abortion movement Live Action, Lila Grace Roseasked the public to continue claiming every time they see this type of actions, so that they force the large firms to remove offensive content and apologize for, in this case, sexualizing children.
Balenciaga had deleted his Twitter account on November 14, apparently in rejection of the leadership of billionaire Elon Musk. Now too He deleted all his Instagram posts.
Source: Eluniverso
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