Adfree Cities
@adfreecities.bsky.social
A network of groups challenging corporate outdoor advertising and reclaiming public space for art, community and nature. Find us at www.adfreecities.org.uk & hello@adfreecities.org.uk
Listen to the Adfree Cities podcast: https://bit.ly/3YKWoW8
Listen to the Adfree Cities podcast: https://bit.ly/3YKWoW8
Junk food & gambling ads right outside the @libdems.org.uk conference shows why we're here talking to councillors about policies to restrict harmful ads to protect #publichealth & #nature🌿 @ldnc-uk.bsky.social @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Junk food & gambling ads right outside the @libdems.org.uk conference shows why we're here talking to councillors about policies to restrict harmful ads to protect #publichealth & #nature🌿 @ldnc-uk.bsky.social @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
We're off to Greater Manchester this weekend: come and find us at one of the three venues we're visiting to talk with communities and councillors about our public spaces and public health. Full details here: adfreecities.org.uk/events/
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We're off to Greater Manchester this weekend: come and find us at one of the three venues we're visiting to talk with communities and councillors about our public spaces and public health. Full details here: adfreecities.org.uk/events/
Good to see that gambling advertising is understood as a public health issue at the Peers For Gambling Reform summit & there is a need for OHID to expand their gambling harms remit to cover the impact of ads @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Good to see that gambling advertising is understood as a public health issue at the Peers For Gambling Reform summit & there is a need for OHID to expand their gambling harms remit to cover the impact of ads @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
We are at the Peers For Gambling Reform summit today - Will from @endgamblingads.bsky.social highlights the 90+ councils who already ban gambling ads because they understand the impact they have on local communities. But we really need a NATIONAL BAN to protect people from gambling harms
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We are at the Peers For Gambling Reform summit today - Will from @endgamblingads.bsky.social highlights the 90+ councils who already ban gambling ads because they understand the impact they have on local communities. But we really need a NATIONAL BAN to protect people from gambling harms
Three dilapidated billboards in east Bristol have got us thinking about how the space could look different.
What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?
#BetterWithoutBillboards
What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?
#BetterWithoutBillboards
August 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Three dilapidated billboards in east Bristol have got us thinking about how the space could look different.
What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?
#BetterWithoutBillboards
What would you rather see instead of corporate advertising?
#BetterWithoutBillboards
We had a great time at the @livingstreets.bsky.social Walking Summit this week! We led a walkshop looking at how outdoor advertising shapes & alters how we feel about public spaces. We finished by doing a "cover-up", reclaiming space from advertising to share our visions for a walkable city ❤️
June 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We had a great time at the @livingstreets.bsky.social Walking Summit this week! We led a walkshop looking at how outdoor advertising shapes & alters how we feel about public spaces. We finished by doing a "cover-up", reclaiming space from advertising to share our visions for a walkable city ❤️
For the latest episode of the podcast we're joined by Dr Simon Mair to explore advertising's role in driving capitalist Growth and perpetuating the very system of capitalism itself.
🎧 Listen now on Acast, Spotify and YouTube. Links below.
🎧 Listen now on Acast, Spotify and YouTube. Links below.
May 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
For the latest episode of the podcast we're joined by Dr Simon Mair to explore advertising's role in driving capitalist Growth and perpetuating the very system of capitalism itself.
🎧 Listen now on Acast, Spotify and YouTube. Links below.
🎧 Listen now on Acast, Spotify and YouTube. Links below.
We're off to Reading with Digital Dystopia this week. Find us in the window at Jelly in Broad St Mall from 21 May to 17 June, and check out the events we're holding during our stay: adfreecities.org.uk/events/
May 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We're off to Reading with Digital Dystopia this week. Find us in the window at Jelly in Broad St Mall from 21 May to 17 June, and check out the events we're holding during our stay: adfreecities.org.uk/events/
May is @livingstreets.bsky.social National Walking Month & on June 3 we will be running a walkshop with @adblockbristol.bsky.social reimagining public space without corporate advertising at the #NationalWalkingSummit in #Bristol - find out more: www.livingstreets.org.uk/Bristol #MagicOfWalking
May 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
May is @livingstreets.bsky.social National Walking Month & on June 3 we will be running a walkshop with @adblockbristol.bsky.social reimagining public space without corporate advertising at the #NationalWalkingSummit in #Bristol - find out more: www.livingstreets.org.uk/Bristol #MagicOfWalking
Join us & AdBlock Leeds at Imagine Leeds for a day of creativity, conversation & connection as we explore how to build cities that put people, communities & nature first - register your place here: actionnetwork.org/events/our-s...
April 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Join us & AdBlock Leeds at Imagine Leeds for a day of creativity, conversation & connection as we explore how to build cities that put people, communities & nature first - register your place here: actionnetwork.org/events/our-s...
You've seen Katy Perry in space.
Now get ready for...
Now get ready for...
April 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
You've seen Katy Perry in space.
Now get ready for...
Now get ready for...
It was fantastic to be in Parliament last week at the launch of the SUV Alliance. Our manifesto presents a pathway to end to surging SUV use and instead create space for safer, fairer streets for everyone.
Find out more: www.suv-alliance.org.uk
Find out more: www.suv-alliance.org.uk
March 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
It was fantastic to be in Parliament last week at the launch of the SUV Alliance. Our manifesto presents a pathway to end to surging SUV use and instead create space for safer, fairer streets for everyone.
Find out more: www.suv-alliance.org.uk
Find out more: www.suv-alliance.org.uk
Digital Dystopia is coming to Brum! Our mock billboard is at The Old Print Works for the Balsall Heath Second Saturday festival this Sat 8 March from 10am.
We are running a free workshop at 4pm on how YOU can get involved in local action against outdoor ads.
www.secondsaturday.org.uk
We are running a free workshop at 4pm on how YOU can get involved in local action against outdoor ads.
www.secondsaturday.org.uk
March 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Digital Dystopia is coming to Brum! Our mock billboard is at The Old Print Works for the Balsall Heath Second Saturday festival this Sat 8 March from 10am.
We are running a free workshop at 4pm on how YOU can get involved in local action against outdoor ads.
www.secondsaturday.org.uk
We are running a free workshop at 4pm on how YOU can get involved in local action against outdoor ads.
www.secondsaturday.org.uk
How do Big Meat & Dairy get away with taking little meaningful climate action? Check out our latest podcast episode: "Distract, delay, derail": the tactics of meat and dairy advertising, with Caitlin Smith of Changing Markets Foundation #greenwash
shows.acast.com/better-witho...
shows.acast.com/better-witho...
February 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How do Big Meat & Dairy get away with taking little meaningful climate action? Check out our latest podcast episode: "Distract, delay, derail": the tactics of meat and dairy advertising, with Caitlin Smith of Changing Markets Foundation #greenwash
shows.acast.com/better-witho...
shows.acast.com/better-witho...
Join us on Weds 29 Jan at Sparks, Bristol for the beta launch of Digital Dystopia - a mock advertising unit made from recycled e-waste. Event details for 'When Fossil Capitalism met Surveillance Advertising' here: hdfst.uk/e122839. RSVP. @adblockbristol.bsky.social
January 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Join us on Weds 29 Jan at Sparks, Bristol for the beta launch of Digital Dystopia - a mock advertising unit made from recycled e-waste. Event details for 'When Fossil Capitalism met Surveillance Advertising' here: hdfst.uk/e122839. RSVP. @adblockbristol.bsky.social
Amongst the manifesto asks is a call to ban SUV advertising in public space, like on billboards and bus stops. Ending the promotion of dangerous and polluting SUVs on our streets would free up space for alternatives like public transport and active travel.
January 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Amongst the manifesto asks is a call to ban SUV advertising in public space, like on billboards and bus stops. Ending the promotion of dangerous and polluting SUVs on our streets would free up space for alternatives like public transport and active travel.
SUVs are bigger, heavier, more dangerous and more polluting... and yet they seem to be everywhere on our streets.
But with a few simple changes we could create an alternative future of safer, fairer streets for everyone.
That's why we're proud to be part of the SUV Alliance...
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But with a few simple changes we could create an alternative future of safer, fairer streets for everyone.
That's why we're proud to be part of the SUV Alliance...
🧵
January 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
SUVs are bigger, heavier, more dangerous and more polluting... and yet they seem to be everywhere on our streets.
But with a few simple changes we could create an alternative future of safer, fairer streets for everyone.
That's why we're proud to be part of the SUV Alliance...
🧵
But with a few simple changes we could create an alternative future of safer, fairer streets for everyone.
That's why we're proud to be part of the SUV Alliance...
🧵
A shocking example of gambling advertising using sexualised content to push gambling amongst a young audience.
Hats off to @endgamblingads.bsky.social for calling this out.
Listen to our podcast episode on gambling ads with CEGA's Will Prochaska: shows.acast.com/better-witho...
Hats off to @endgamblingads.bsky.social for calling this out.
Listen to our podcast episode on gambling ads with CEGA's Will Prochaska: shows.acast.com/better-witho...
January 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A shocking example of gambling advertising using sexualised content to push gambling amongst a young audience.
Hats off to @endgamblingads.bsky.social for calling this out.
Listen to our podcast episode on gambling ads with CEGA's Will Prochaska: shows.acast.com/better-witho...
Hats off to @endgamblingads.bsky.social for calling this out.
Listen to our podcast episode on gambling ads with CEGA's Will Prochaska: shows.acast.com/better-witho...
Residents in #Norwich are devastated as a locally significant tree has been felled by Wildstone to replace a billboard - destroying the home of a flock of starlings & damaging the local ecology😡We have sent a letter with @adblocknorwich.bsky.social to the company & await a response
December 20, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Residents in #Norwich are devastated as a locally significant tree has been felled by Wildstone to replace a billboard - destroying the home of a flock of starlings & damaging the local ecology😡We have sent a letter with @adblocknorwich.bsky.social to the company & await a response
It was great to be at the launch yesterday of @thetcpa.bsky.social report with @playingout.bsky.social & @dbornat.bsky.social We submitted evidence on the impact of outdoor advertising on children & young people in their local areas. Looking forward to next steps #BetterWithoutBillboards
December 4, 2024 at 9:51 AM
It was great to be at the launch yesterday of @thetcpa.bsky.social report with @playingout.bsky.social & @dbornat.bsky.social We submitted evidence on the impact of outdoor advertising on children & young people in their local areas. Looking forward to next steps #BetterWithoutBillboards
Do you live, work or play in #Cardiff? Adblock Cardiff are mobilising objections to a HUGE new ad screen by the A470.
Application ref 24/02651/ADV; you can object here: cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...
Find out more about Adblock Cardiff: adfreecities.org.uk/cardiff/
Application ref 24/02651/ADV; you can object here: cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...
Find out more about Adblock Cardiff: adfreecities.org.uk/cardiff/
November 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Do you live, work or play in #Cardiff? Adblock Cardiff are mobilising objections to a HUGE new ad screen by the A470.
Application ref 24/02651/ADV; you can object here: cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...
Find out more about Adblock Cardiff: adfreecities.org.uk/cardiff/
Application ref 24/02651/ADV; you can object here: cardiffidoxcloud.wales/publicaccess...
Find out more about Adblock Cardiff: adfreecities.org.uk/cardiff/
People in #Bristol are not happy about digital billboards in this latest Reddit thread!
And now a new one is proposed to tower over a busy causeway through the city.
www.reddit.com/r/bristol/co...
And now a new one is proposed to tower over a busy causeway through the city.
www.reddit.com/r/bristol/co...
November 19, 2024 at 3:42 PM
People in #Bristol are not happy about digital billboards in this latest Reddit thread!
And now a new one is proposed to tower over a busy causeway through the city.
www.reddit.com/r/bristol/co...
And now a new one is proposed to tower over a busy causeway through the city.
www.reddit.com/r/bristol/co...
And now Shell is crawling all over Carbon Capture and Storage as a "low carbon solution" despite no evidence that it works to reduce carbon emissions.
All the while Shell remains *overwhelmingly* invested in increasing oil and gas extraction.
All the while Shell remains *overwhelmingly* invested in increasing oil and gas extraction.
November 12, 2024 at 9:34 AM
And now Shell is crawling all over Carbon Capture and Storage as a "low carbon solution" despite no evidence that it works to reduce carbon emissions.
All the while Shell remains *overwhelmingly* invested in increasing oil and gas extraction.
All the while Shell remains *overwhelmingly* invested in increasing oil and gas extraction.
Here's an ad seen on the school run in #Brighton -
"It's promoting fast food. It's sexualising fast food. It's introducing young children to the idea of pornography as (guilty) pleasure. It is promoting (to everyone, including children) the idea of being 'naughty'." What ads do you see? #Adspotters
"It's promoting fast food. It's sexualising fast food. It's introducing young children to the idea of pornography as (guilty) pleasure. It is promoting (to everyone, including children) the idea of being 'naughty'." What ads do you see? #Adspotters
November 11, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Here's an ad seen on the school run in #Brighton -
"It's promoting fast food. It's sexualising fast food. It's introducing young children to the idea of pornography as (guilty) pleasure. It is promoting (to everyone, including children) the idea of being 'naughty'." What ads do you see? #Adspotters
"It's promoting fast food. It's sexualising fast food. It's introducing young children to the idea of pornography as (guilty) pleasure. It is promoting (to everyone, including children) the idea of being 'naughty'." What ads do you see? #Adspotters