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AdamG1
Newbie

Disturbing Images in Home Screen Ads

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Just to make the home screen ad situation more intolerable, there was a photo of a woman being tortured in the right-side ad space a couple of days ago, in an ad for the movie Hostel on Fawesome. I immediately deleted the Fawesome app, and if I still could, I would have given it a 1-star rating. Of course, Roku doesn't care about its customers anymore, but this is getting ridiculous. Is there any quality control with these ads? What is your major malfunction Roku?

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AvsGunnar
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Disturbing Images in Home Screen Ads

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@AdamG1 

For the ads on the right hand side on your Roku Home Screen, you can filter these ads with a new "Hide" feature by highlighting the ad and pressing the (asterick) button on your Roku remote and select "Hide this ad".

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AvsGunnar
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Disturbing Images in Home Screen Ads

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@AdamG1 

For the ads on the right hand side on your Roku Home Screen, you can filter these ads with a new "Hide" feature by highlighting the ad and pressing the (asterick) button on your Roku remote and select "Hide this ad".

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Just another Roku user... I am not a Roku employee.
Insignia RokuTV, Ultra 4660, Premiere+ 3921, Express 4k+ 3941, Streambar 9102

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Emissary35
Roku Guru

Re: Disturbing Images in Home Screen Ads

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In order to 'hide' an inappropriate ad you first have to see it and potentially have your kids exposed to it. That is NOT a solution. There should be a way to prevent these types of ads from being shown in the first place. Roku doesn't care about anything other than their ad revenue.

AvsGunnar
Community Streaming Expert

Re: Disturbing Images in Home Screen Ads

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@Emissary35 

"That is NOT a solution."

Until Roku implements a Profile type feature, can only do what you can do to filter unwanted/undesired ads.  As of now, only the ability to hide is available.

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Just another Roku user... I am not a Roku employee.
Insignia RokuTV, Ultra 4660, Premiere+ 3921, Express 4k+ 3941, Streambar 9102

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