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Campaign to reclaim public space from outdoor corporate advertising for the benefit of citizens and visitors to the capital city of Wales. Part of the @adfreecities.bsky.social network. #AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
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🚨 ADVERT APPLICATION ALERT! 🚨

Plans have been submitted for a massive new ad screen on North Road, next to the Maindy leisure centre. Details below. Lodge an objection ASAP!

www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

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#Cardiff #Caerdydd #Cathays #Gabalfa
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CCS has published its manifesto for the 2026 Senedd elections
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Publications — Cardiff Civic Society
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January 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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🚨 ADVERT APPLICATION ALERT! 🚨

Plans have been submitted for a massive new ad screen on North Road, next to the Maindy leisure centre. Details below. Lodge an objection ASAP!

www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
#Cardiff #Caerdydd #Cathays #Gabalfa
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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I had limited expectations of Keir Starmer, but if you'd told me 18 months ago that he, as a former DPP, would behave as if the mass production of on-demand child porn was not a matter for urgent criminal investigation, I would've been amazed. It's such a basic moral test to fail for a PM.
January 9, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Perfectly put. Why do we allow the advertising industry to try and manipulate us in this way?!?

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
January 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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A digital advertising screen masquerading as a public service. This is more public space sacrificed to private profit, driving consumerism in a time of climate emergency

vogonline.planning-register.co.uk/Planning/Dis...

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@adfreecities.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
There's an interesting titbit in this article by the chief executive of Vale of Glamorgan Council. Their ban on advertising unhealthy foods, rather than leading to a LOSS in revenue, actually BOOSTED it!

www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/wel...

#Cymru #Wales #ValeOfGlamorgan
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December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Calling all #Cardiff Adblockers - here is another sneaky application just in time for #Christmas 🎁 Get objecting to keep your public spaces free from ads ✅
🚨 ADVERT APPLICATION ALERT! 🚨

Plans have been submitted for a massive new ad screen on North Road, next to the Maindy leisure centre. Details below. Lodge an objection ASAP!

www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
#Cardiff #Caerdydd #Cathays #Gabalfa
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Any help to spread the word, encourage people to object, and STOP this energy-sapping ad-spewing nonsense would be appreciated.

@adfreecities.bsky.social
@sarahmerry.bsky.social
@cardiffgreenparty.bsky.social
@cardiffcivicsoc.bsky.social
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@foecymrucydd.bsky.social
🚨 ADVERT APPLICATION ALERT! 🚨

Plans have been submitted for a massive new ad screen on North Road, next to the Maindy leisure centre. Details below. Lodge an objection ASAP!

www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
#Cardiff #Caerdydd #Cathays #Gabalfa
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🚨 ADVERT APPLICATION ALERT! 🚨

Plans have been submitted for a massive new ad screen on North Road, next to the Maindy leisure centre. Details below. Lodge an objection ASAP!

www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
#Cardiff #Caerdydd #Cathays #Gabalfa
December 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Giving this another plug for any #Caerdydd #Cardiff people who want to object to plans for a massive advert screen by Newport Road, for zero public benefit. Let's keep this stuff off our streets!

#Adamsdown #Plasnewydd #Roath
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🚨 PLANNING ALERT! 🚨

Proposed new ad board near the junction of Newport Road & Albany Road in #Roath #Plasnewydd #Adamsdown. It would be MASSIVE - see guide below, as tall as three people.

Object here: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#Cardiff #Caerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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🚨 PLANNING ALERT! 🚨

Proposed new ad board near the junction of Newport Road & Albany Road in #Roath #Plasnewydd #Adamsdown. It would be MASSIVE - see guide below, as tall as three people.

Object here: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#Cardiff #Caerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Planning application alert in #Cardiff 📢 Stop this huge screen from distracting drivers & causing unnecessary light pollution - OBJECT NOW!
🚨 PLANNING ALERT! 🚨

Proposed new ad board near the junction of Newport Road & Albany Road in #Roath #Plasnewydd #Adamsdown. It would be MASSIVE - see guide below, as tall as three people.

Object here: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#Cardiff #Caerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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"Daddy why did you go into politics?"
"Well, I always hoped that one day I might be able to make a difference. Like if people were fleeing war and persecution, and they arrived on our shores desperate and afraid, then maybe I could be the one to suggest we nicked their jewellery."
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🚨 PLANNING ALERT! 🚨

Proposed new ad board near the junction of Newport Road & Albany Road in #Roath #Plasnewydd #Adamsdown. It would be MASSIVE - see guide below, as tall as three people.

Object here: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#Cardiff #Caerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
November 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🚨 PLANNING ALERT! 🚨

Proposed new ad board near the junction of Newport Road & Albany Road in #Roath #Plasnewydd #Adamsdown. It would be MASSIVE - see guide below, as tall as three people.

Object here: www.cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...

#Cardiff #Caerdydd
#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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If a company makes $16bn a year from advertising what it knows to be fraudulent products, that company is engaged in organised crime.
This piece suggests Meta is dragging its heels on reducing the (very large) number of scam ads on its services because they're concerned it will materially hurt revenue (the article estimates they make as much as $16bn a year from scam ads)
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This from @openrightsgroup.org is well worth a read on the potential for cookie consent rules in the UK to be softened. Plenty of benefits to advertisers, but huge dangers to consumers concerned with #DataProtection and #privacy.

www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/the-fut...

#AdvertisingShitsInYourHead
Is cookie consent going to change in the UK?
Open Rights Group convened a stakeholder roundtable on the future of adtech and cookie consent requirements in the UK following the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) consultation on a new enforc...
www.openrightsgroup.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Reducing the influence of advertising will help create healthier food environments and enable the shift towards a more sustainable, just food system - as highlighted by the new EAT-Lancet report, a major scientific analysis of our global food system:
adfreecities.org.uk/2025/11/eat-...
EAT-Lancet 2025 has a vision for a fairer food system (without advertising) - Adfree Cities
The new EAT-Lancet report was published earlier this month, with a refreshed analysis of the global food system and how we might achieve a healthy diet for all which stays within planetary boundaries....
adfreecities.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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📣 Big news for safer, fairer streets in Cardiff! 🚙

Cardiff Council has voted to introduce fairer parking charges for the heaviest vehicles in the city 🙌

#carspreading

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
City council approves plans to make SUV drivers pay more for parking
Cardiff Council will increase the cost of parking permits for owners of sports utility vehicles or cars weighing more than 2,400kg.
www.independent.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Another good piece about the decision by Cardiff Council to increase regulation of public advertising in #Cardiff #Caerdydd. Lots of good progress has been made, plenty still to do!

nation.cymru/news/a-welsh...

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A Welsh council's new policy will restrict the advertisement of junk food, vapes, and petrol and diesel vehicles
A Welsh council’s move to restrict adverts for junk food and other products in public spaces has been welcomed by campaigners but they said the new policy could go further. Cardiff Council became the ...
nation.cymru
September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Nicie piece about @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social further restricting advertising in the city. We're really pleased to see progress on this issue after years of campaigning. Plenty left to do, but it's a huge step forwards.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#Cardiff #Caerdydd
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Cardiff council bans junk food adverts from council property
The policy is focused on sustainability and promoting healthy food and drink.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Get - and we really can't stress this strongly enough - into the fucking sea.

bsky.app/profile/evac...

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Samsung has rolled out a software update to its smart fridges that will display ads, despite saying they had "no plans" to do so. We're headed for a future where you will have to pay extra for appliances without ads.
Samsung brings ads to US fridges
Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere.
www.theverge.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Encouraging to see a report going to @cardiffcouncil.bsky.social's Cabinet today to further restrict public advertising in the city...

cardiff.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s8...

#Cardiff #Caerdydd
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September 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM