Mind Candy, the maker of the Moshi Monsters online game, has been rebuked by the Advertising Standards Authority for failing to remove banned advertising messages targeted at children on its website.
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The ASA has found Moshi Monsters in breach of the UK Advertising Code in August for directly asking children to buy a membership through an ad, which used the phrases 'Become a Member' and 'JOIN NOW'.
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After failing to take action by removing the offending phrases, Mind Candy’s business name and address is now listed on the ASA’s website in the 'non-compliant advertisers' section.
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The regulator now has the power to stop the company advertising Moshi Monsters in the UK using PPC (paid-for search) ads on search engines, and run an awareness campaign about the advertiser's transgressions.
When it banned the use of ads which said 'JOIN NOW', the ASA said the imperative phrases were not necessary to explain how to buy a subscription. The regular said the wording would 'put pressure' on young players to buy subscriptions.
Moshi Monsters is an online game for boys and girls aged 6 to 12 years, who choose a virtual pet monster and play challenges in the virtual world of Monstro City.
It has expanded into the real world with a series of products including toys, music, books, and Moshi Monsters Magazine, launched in February 2011.
It is possible to play the game without spending real money, but certain activities require the user to join a paid membership system.
Today the ASA ruled: 'In the absence of a response from Moshi Monsters, and in the continued presence of the imperative claims on the website, we took the decision on 27 October 2015 to place their company details on this section of the ASA website.
'These details shall remain in place until such time as Moshi Monsters has removed or appropriately amended the claims on the www.moshimonsters.com/membership website to ensure compliance with the CAP Code.'
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There are ways that you can join the Moshi Monsters website legally, and for free as well. From here, you’ll be able to adopt your own pet without disrupting the enjoyment of anybody else. After all, how would you feel if someone accessed your account without permission? Through thinking about the consequences that your actions could have on others, you could prevent causing any unwanted inconvenience that’s unnecessary and unwarranted.
If you’ve always had a good imagination, you’ll love being able to create monsters of different colours, shapes and sizes. After this, all you need to do is make sure that you follow the other rules that this friendly service expects of its customers. For example, you’re not allowed to bully or harass some of the other members in the online community. In addition, all users are expected to refrain from scamming or cheating that could ultimately affect the integrity of the website. If you don’t respect these terms and conditions, Moshi Monsters holds every right to suspend or terminate your account. What’s more, in serious circumstances, you may face an IP ban that won’t just delete your identity from your website, but stop your Internet connection from being able to access the service in any way, shape or form.
It’s not worth the risk to act irresponsibly on the Moshi Monsters website. After all, what would you be able to do when you’re bored and want to kill some time? Where would you channel all of your creativity and imagination? How would you make friends and meet fellow monsters? Through behaving responsibly and following the rules, you won’t have to miss out on a single thing.