{"id":76750,"date":"2021-02-04T20:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=248443"},"modified":"2021-02-04T20:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:00:29","slug":"shopee-apologizes-for-controversial-ad-accused-of-mocking-sexual-harassment-jakarta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2021\/02\/04\/shopee-apologizes-for-controversial-ad-accused-of-mocking-sexual-harassment-jakarta\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopee apologizes for controversial ad accused of mocking sexual harassment Jakarta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/\" title=\"MediaIntel.Asia provides Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring in Asia\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/mediaintelasia-logo-blackyellow-400x300-1.png\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Online marketplace giant Shopee apologized after coming under fire over a controversial paid post that made fun of sexual harassment victims, which prompted netizens to trend #UninstallShopee on Twitter.<br \/>\nThe paid post \u2060\u2014 which was recently uploaded on Indonesia\u2019s biggest gossip page on Instagram, Lambe Turah \u2060\u2014 appeared to mimic viral posts from sexual harassment victims in the past, featuring screenshots of the victim\u2019s social media posts that called on other women to be careful when using dating apps.<br \/>\nOne slide of the paid post showed a screen recording illustrating predatory dating behavior, in which the man insisted on sending a video \u2060\u2014 implied to be sexual in nature \u2060\u2014 to the woman. The video, it turned out, was a Shopee ad.<br \/>\nfuck your riding the wave bullshit @ShopeeID this is NOT FUNNY AND VERY INSENSITIVE TO THE VICTIMS. lo kira orang pada speak up about assault\/harassment tuh cuma nyari clout\/viral doang? lo tau gak SUSAHNYA CERITA APALAGI DIPERCAYA ORANG and you use it for fucking gimmick? pic.twitter.com\/dNmkxtWZlv<br \/>\n\u2014 Janit (@jxnxt) February 2, 2021<br \/>\n\u201cFuck your riding the wave bullshit @ShopeeID this NOT FUNNY AND VERY INSENSITIVE TO THE VICTIMS. You think people who spoke up about [sexual] assault or harassment just wanted to seek clout\/getting viral? Do you know how HARD IT IS TO SPEAK UP ESPECIALLY GETTING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE YOU and you use it for fucking gimmick?\u201d the tweet below, which gained among the most traction on Twitter, reads.<br \/>\nancur sih gue ampe gemeter ngetik ini. ngga lucu @ShopeeID pic.twitter.com\/QCvTw0sKkM<br \/>\n\u2014 Janit (@jxnxt) February 2, 2021<br \/>\nThe post on Lambe Turah has since been taken down following a huge backlash online. On Twitter, netizens rallied the #UninstallShopee hashtag in light of the insensitive ad.<br \/>\nShopee Indonesia Director Handika Jahja issued an official statement of apology, which included recognition that sexual assault is a matter that needs to be handled with great care and seriousness.<br \/>\n\u201cFor that, we fully apologize for the use of the materials that were not appropriate for marketing material,\u201d Handhika said in the statement yesterday .<br \/>\n\u201cWe thank you for the criticism and input so that we can do better and be more careful in the future, so that similar cases won\u2019t happen again.\u201d<br \/>\nAlso Read \u2014 Shopee\u2019s latest BLACKPINK ad, featuring the lower halves of their bodies censored, is cheekily half-assed<br \/>\n JAKARTA CATEGORY: NEWS SUB-CATEGORIES: VIRAL TAGS: Infuriating , Women<\/p>\n<p>This data comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/\" title=\"MediaIntel.Asia provides Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring in Asia\" >MediaIntel.Asia's Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online marketplace giant Shopee apologized after coming under fire over a controversial paid post that made fun of sexual harassment victims, which prompted netizens to trend #UninstallShopee on Twitter.<br \/>\nThe paid post \u2060\u2014 which was recently uploaded on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194,465,1242],"tags":[2214,10326,10490],"class_list":["post-76750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-chinese-law","category-social-media","category-twitter","tag-indonesia","tag-jakarta","tag-singapore-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76750"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76751,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76750\/revisions\/76751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}