‘Buy now, pay later’ firms hit by advertising clampdown
“Buy now, pay later” companies, including Swedish fintech Klarna and Australian-owned ClearPay, are facing a crackdown on their advertising, amid growing concerns…
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Ad for ‘Covid safe’ London cabs full of porky pies, guv
London cabbies might not be best known as purveyors of the truth but it seems even they have gone too…
BrewDog flayed yet again as green claim turns air blue
BrewDog is continuing to stick two fingers up to the ad watchdog – quite literally – after being forced to…
Bets are off for Ray and Jose as celebrity ad ban looms
Ray Winstone may forever be “the daddy” to some and Jose Mourinho the “special one” to others, but they and…
Quorn TV ad gets the boot over carbon footprint claim
Whoever had the brainwave to insist that meet-free brand Quorn could help reduce a person’s carbon footprint and was a…
Ling’s Cars crash with BLM parody ‘fetishing black men’
Gateshead-based Ling’s Cars, run by the controversial Ling Valentine, has been battered by the ad watchdog once again after running…
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…
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…