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UK’s ASA sets out to ban gender stereotypes in ads
Right then, some time in the future UK advertisers and agencies won’t be able to show ads featuring: *Family members…
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ASA shouldn’t just ban BT’s duplicitous ads after the event it should pre-vet them
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has retrospectively banned a gaggle of ads by BT featuring the expensive talents of Ryan…
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ASA cans Heinz ‘Can Song’ campaign
UK ad watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned this rather nice BBH ad – ‘Can Song’ – on…
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ASA rumbles Honda’s ‘speed reading’ ad
Honda is trying hard to inject some much needed Va Va Voom into its model line-up, with some success despite…
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ASA upsets the native advertising apple cart by banning P&G YouTube promotion
The UK’s ASA has banned a Procter & Gamble video – ‘A Model Recommends’ – for not making it clear…
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Matt Williams: why Booking.com is a booking good ad
In advertising there are a couple of things you can guarantee during the first few weeks of the year. Firstly,…
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UK ad regulator gets volley of complaints about Sainsbury’s Christmas Great War epic
240 at the last count, complaining that the ad (below) is, among other things, ‘disrespectful’ and ‘cynical.’ Which is worrying…
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Paddy Power wins bad taste handicap with Oscar stunt
What is it about (some of) the Irish? As the world wearies of noted Irish joker Michael O’Leary of Ryanair,…
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ASA slaps ad ban on Kronenbourg – but not Cantona
That’s a shame, I thought for a moment that the UK’s Advertising Standards authority had joined the slim ranks of…
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