Black Ops 7 ad banned in the UK for 'triviliazing sexual violence'

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Subscribe to our newsletter An advertisement for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 released in November 2025 has been banned in the UK after that country’s Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints that it “trivialized sexual violence.”The ad is an entry in the long-running “Replacer” series of Call of Duty promos featuring Peter Stormare, who in this one is joined by Nikki Glaser in an airport security line. In the ad, Stormare tells one man in line that he’s “been randomly selected to be manhandled,” and then orders him to face the wall. After ridiculing a prescription found in his luggage, Stormare tells the man to remove his clothing—”everything but the shoes”—at which point Glaser snaps on a rubber glove and says, “Time for the puppet show.” The ad concludes with Stormare telling the man to bite down on his metal detector, warning, “She’s going in dry.” Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 – The Replacer “Airport Security” – YouTube Watch On The ad was not especially well received on YouTube, based on the comments and high number of dislikes. It also prompted nine complaints from viewers “who believed that the ad trivialised sexual violence,” according to the ASA’s report, and two from people who felt it “encouraged or condoned drug use.” Related articles Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 review – CoD at its most obnoxious After Activision promised Black Ops 7 skins would ‘feel authentic to Call of Duty and its setting,’ Fallout has arrived in Call of Duty Russian politician calls for Call of Duty ban and home-grown alternative because ‘you’re almost always shooting at Russian soldiers’ in the Modern Warfare games In response to the complaints, Activision said the ad was for an “18-rated videogame” targeted at adult audiences, and that it “depicted a deliberately implausible, parodic scenario that bore no resemblance to real airport security procedures.”It also said the ad had been approved, with timing restrictions aimed at keeping it away from younger viewers, by Clearca