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British television's 10 most complained about adverts of all time

Some are controversial, while others are just plain offensive

Bristol Post

Crypto Ads Declared A 'Red Alert' Issue By UK Regulators: Here's What It Means

Advertising for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and related companies is expected to become much harder in the United Kingdom as local regulators increase their pressure on the space.

Benzinga

Number of adverts banned for ‘greenwashing’ triples in a year

Exclusive: ‘I think we are seeing a sea change in public understanding of green claims,’ watchdog spokesperson says

The Independent UK

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Medical Cannabis: Illinois, Arkansas Among The States Making The Most Progress, Patient Organization Demonstrates

Americans for Safe Access (ASA), an organization working to ensure safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic uses and research recently unveiled its “2021 State of the States Report: An Analysis of Medical Cannabis Access in the United States.” Since its first edition in 2014, advocates and state legislators…

Benzinga

Floki Inu Says It Will Continue The Battle As UK Strikes Down Ad Gunning At Dogecoin

Floki Inu (CRYPTO: FLOKI) — a Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE)-inspired cryptocurrency — has responded to an advertising ban by a United Kingdom regulator, saying it will continue to battle for the right to advertise its

Benzinga

Floki Inu's Campaign 'Missed Doge, Get Floki' Banned By UK Regulators

A promotional campaign conducted by memecoin Floki Inu (CRYPTO: FLOKI) was struck down by the UK's advertising regulator Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

Benzinga

Watchdog bans London tube Floki Inu cryptocurrency ad campaign

Advertisements named after Elon Musk’s dog allegedly took advantage of consumers’ naivety

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Edinburgh residents 'feel let down' as luxury housebuilder ignores their pleas

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) censured Ambassador Homes over marketing material for Ferrymuir Gait in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, where homes cost up to £449,000.

Edinburgh Live

Luxury housebuilder rapped after false advertising to Scots residents

Ambassador Homes was rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority.

Daily Record

Innocent TV ad banned for claiming its drinks help environment

Advertising watchdog demands company provides proof of its products’ green merits

The Guardian - UK

Innocent drinks 'fixing up the planet' adverts are banned

The Advertising Standards Authority decided they exaggerated the environmental benefit of the company's products

Wales Online

Innocent Drinks accused of ‘greenwashing’ after watchdog bans ‘misleading’ climate advert

Adverts implied buying firm’s products ‘would have a positive environmental impact when that was not the case’, Advertising Standards Authority says

The Independent UK

UK Bans Boohoo T-Shirt Ad with Model in Bikini for Objectifying Women

A T-shirt advertisement by online fashion retailer Boohoo showing a model wearing thong-style bikini bottoms has been banned by Britain's advertising regulator for objectifying and sexualizing women. The watchdog said the ad was irresponsible and likely to cause serious offense, noting that neither the partial nudity nor the bikini bottoms…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Boohoo advert banned by Watchdog for being 'offensive to women'

The advert was found to cause cause serious or widespread offence due to the model showing off skin rather than the product.

Daily Record

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Evening Standard

Boohoo advert banned for ‘objectifying and sexualising women’

Boohoo hit with another ASA ruling after ‘sexually suggestive’ advert receives complaints.

Daily Mirror

Boohoo T-shirt advert banned by watchdog for 'objectifying and sexualising women'

The advert, a product listing for a T-shirt on Boohoo's website, showed a model wearing the top with only thong-style bikini bottoms and trainers

The Guardian - UK

Boohoo forced to drop ‘sexually suggestive’ images by watchdog

Fast-fashion retailer ‘objectified’ women by using photos of model wearing bikini bottoms to sell T-shirt

Wales Online

Boohoo ad banned following complaint that it objectified women

The product listing for a T-shirt on Boohoo’s website in November showed a model wearing the top with only thong-style bikini bottoms and trainers

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Manchester Evening News

Watchdog bans Boohoo advert for 'objectifying women' after complaint

The advert showed a model wearing a T-shirt with only thong-style bikini bottoms and trainers

Birmingham Post

Boohoo advert banned after complaint about objectifying women

The product listing for a T-shirt was shown on Boohoo's website in November

The Independent UK

Fines needed to enforce consumer laws on social media platforms, MPs told

The competition watchdog said it is still seeing a ‘very low level of sanctions’ being applied to influencers who flout the rules.

The Guardian - UK

Oatly ads banned by UK watchdog over ‘misleading’ green claims

The ASA found claims made in an ad campaign for the alt-milk brand were not backed by sufficient evidence

Wales Online

Oatly ads banned over misleading environmental claims

The Advertising Standards Authority received 109 complaints, including from the campaign group A Greener World, that the claims were misleading

Chronicle Live

Love Island's Amber Gill could be banned from Instagram for flouting advertising rules

She's had multiple warnings from the Advertising Standards Authority for failing to flag when she is being paid to promote products

Chronicle Live

Dairylea ad banned over fears it could pose choking risk to children

The advert featured two girls eating Dairylea cheese triangles while hanging upside down from a football goal and it received complaints from viewers

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