Shell forced to axe misleading ‘carbon neutral’ Go+ ad
A radio ad campaign promoting the Shell Go+ loyalty club has been pulled off air following a raft of complaints…
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ASA joins war on £190bn fraud with Scam Ad Alert tool
The ad watchdog is joining the fight against online scammers – estimated to cost British firms and consumers £190bn every…
Ad watchdog plans AI unit to hunt down the rogues
The Advertising Standards Authority is ramping up its use of data science and artificial intelligence by building an in-house team…
Lord Sugar gets kicked in the teeth over Twitter plug
Apprentice host Lord Alan Sugar has been slapped down by the ad watchdog over a blatant Twitter promotion for a…
What a Whopper: Burger King vegan ads get the chop
Burger King has been forced to incinerate ads for its much-hyped “vegan” Rebel Whopper after the ad watchdog ruled the…
Now BA is hauled up over misleading Amex card ads
Not only is British Airways suffering a Covid-19 nightmare, with its share price in freefall and thousands of flights cancelled,…
Three gets pummelled for ad dissing rivals’ 5G services
Mobile operator Three has made a big deal of its 5G network – in fact way too much of a…
Women feel less pressured to get ‘the look’ from ads
The clampdown on gender stereotyping in advertising might have got off to a rocky start but it seems to be…
BT forced to scrap ‘wi-fi in every room’ ad campaign
BT might be confident in its network’s ability to handle the burden of millions working from home, but in its…
Tears of a clown: Warner Bros battered for horror ad
Colrophobics have scored a rare victory against adland after Warner Bros has been censored for running an audio ad for…