Evening Standard and Metro Advertising Intervention
Request ID: FOI-1763-1920
Date published: 19 September 2019
You asked
Hello. I would like to make a FOI request to find out if TFL has taken any action to stop the Metro and Evening Standard newspapers from hosting adverts for sex chat and prostitution (chat or date). And if so what action was taken.
We answered
Our ref: FOI-1763-1920
Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 11 September 2019 asking for information about Evening Standard and Metro Advertising Intervention.
Your request has been considered under the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and our information access policy.
I can confirm that we do not hold the information you require; TfL has not taken any such action. The advertising is the responsibility of the newspapers.
If you are not satisfied with this response please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.
Yours sincerely
Graham Hurt
FOI Case Officer
FOI Case Management Team
General Counsel
Transport for London
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