ASA under fire over ‘heavy handed’ stereotype ad bans
The Advertising Standards Authority has been accused of being heavy handed in its implementation of the new rules on gender…
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Love Island star scorched for misleading fake tan post
Love Island may have brand owners drooling at the prospect of getting their messages in front of a younger audience…
‘Hot wife’ poster gets the blood boiling in Nottingham
A poster campaign for a Nottingham air conditioning company, which features the strapline “your wife is hot”, is still running…
Viagogo plummets as Google dumps ads in the sin bin
Controversial secondary ticketing giant Viagogo has already crashed down the online search rankings just 24 hours after Google revealed it…
‘Distasteful’ horror movie ad spared chainsaw massacre
A “distasteful” bus-side poster for the cinema release of the film Pet Sematary has been given the green light by…
Aldi caught cooking the books to woo Tesco shoppers
Aldi has been caught red-handed fiddling the figures in a price comparison ad campaign which claimed that a stack of its…
The beat goes on: ‘unsettling’ Billie Eilish ad is cleared
A TV ad for American teenage artist Billie Eilish’s debut album has been cleared by the ad watchdog despite complaints…
It’s unbelievable Jeff (again)… Sky Bet ban is overturned
A Sky Bet ad fronted by TV presenter Jeff Stelling which was banned by the ad watchdog in March for…
Firm gets stiff rebuke for ‘cycling makes you a flop’ ad
An outdoor ad, which promoted a cure for erectile dysfunction by suggesting cycling makes blokes a flop in the bedroom,…
M&S, Asda and KP caught serving junk foods ads to kids
Eight major food and retail brands – Asda, Kellogg, KFC, KP Snacks, Lidl, Marks & Spencer, McDonald’s and Pringles –…