BSkyB Suspends All Facebook Advertising

U.K-based pay TV provider British Sky Broadcasting, which News Corp. owns 39 percent of, announced that it has temporarily suspended all advertising campaigns on Facebook due to “offensive content” that appeared next to one of its ads, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

U.K-based pay TV provider British Sky Broadcasting, which News Corp. owns 39 percent of, announced that it has temporarily suspended all advertising campaigns on Facebook due to “offensive content” that appeared next to one of its ads, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

BSkyB would not specify details about the content that raised its ire, saying in a statement, as reported by THR:

We have suspended our advertising on Facebook after one of our adverts was found adjacent to offensive material.

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