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Demi Lovato's 'HOLY FVCK' posters have been banned in the UK.
The Advertising Standards Authority, Britain's advertising regulator, launched an investigation into a poster promoting Demi Lovato's album "Holy FVCK" after receiving complaints from four members of the public.
The poster featured an image of the album cover under the headline "HOLY FVCK," which showed Lovato sprawled across a large cushioned crucifix in a leather bondage-style outfit.
The watchdog investigated and upheld both aspects of the complaints, finding that both the language and the imagery used were likely to cause serious or widespread offense.
In their report, they said, "We considered that the image of Ms. Lovato bound up in a bondage-style outfit whilst lying on a mattress shaped like a crucifix, in a position with her legs bound to one side which was reminiscent of Christ on the cross, together with the reference to 'holy fvck,' which in that context was likely to be viewed as linking sexuality to the sacred symbol of the crucifix and the crucifixion, was likely to cause serious offense to Christians."