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Arsenal fan token ads are banned by ASA

December 22, 2021

Adverts from Arsenal Football Club promoting fan tokens have been banned by the ASA for taking advantage of consumers’ inexperience in cryptoassets. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) investigated whether the…

Cryptocurrency adverts banned as ‘red alert priority’ for ASA

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Advertising Standards Authority ASA cryptocurrency Luno Luno Global

December 15, 2021

Jacqui Parr

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Cryptocurrency adverts for seven platforms and retailers have been banned following “red alert” concerns about consumer awareness of the “complex and volatile” products. The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) said the…

Laybuy has been condemned by the advertising standards authority (ASA) for falsely stating that its credit checks would not “impact your credit score”.

Laybuy has advert banned for claiming its credit checks do not “impact your credit score”

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Advertising Standards Authority ASA buy now pay later Laybuy

May 26, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Laybuy has been condemned by the advertising standards authority (ASA) for falsely stating that its credit checks would not “impact your credit score”. The ‘buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) giant…

Babyboo has been slammed by the advertising authority and had an advert banned for “implying women should aspire to being objectified”.

Babyboo has advert banned for “implying women should aspire to being objectified”

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Advertising Advertising Standards Authority ASA Babyboo

April 14, 2021

Ben Stevens

Babyboo has been slammed by the advertising authority and had an advert banned for “implying women should aspire to being objectified”. The advert in question, posted on Instagram in October…

PrettyLittleThing has been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog after a TikTok post failed to make it clear it was an advert.

PrettyLittleThing and The Wave House have TikTok advert banned by ASA

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Advertising Standards Authority ASA PrettyLittleThing The Wave House TikTok

April 7, 2021

Ben Stevens

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PrettyLittleThing has been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog after a TikTok post failed to make it clear it was an advert. The Wave House, a group of six prominent TikTok…

Currys PC World has launched its first ever TikTok campaign challenging users to create and share their top tech tips.

Currys PC World’s ‘buy now, pay later’ advert banned in latest blow for credit sector

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Advertising Standards Authority ASA BNPL buy now pay later Currys PC World

March 10, 2021

Ben Stevens

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Currys PC World has been reprimanded by the UK’s advertising watchdog after it aired an advert which “irresponsibly encouraged the use of credit to finance excessive spending”. The Advertising Standards…

Wish.com saw its stocks divebomb as much as 16 per cent after launching its initial public offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ yesterday.

Wish.com has advert banned featuring “model who was clearly under 18” in sexual way

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Advertising Standards Authority ASA Which? Wish.com

November 18, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Wish.com has had another advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for depicting a “person who appeared to be under the age of 18 in a sexual way”. The…

Wish.com slammed by ASA after “sexually graphic” ads appear on BBC Good Food app

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Advertising Standards Authority ASA BBC Good Food ContextLogic Wish.com

July 30, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Wish.com has been slammed by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after its adverts featuring sex toys and partially naked women were posted on the BBC’s Good Food Guide app. Wish,…

Missguided has had another advert banned by the advertising watchdog for being overly sexualised and objectifying women, marking the second ban for the retailer in less than six months.

Missguided has second advert in 6 months banned for “presenting women as sexual objects”

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Advertising Standards Authority ASA Boohoo Missguided PrettyLittleThing Watchdog

March 4, 2020

Ben Stevens

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Missguided has had another advert banned by the advertising watchdog for being overly sexualised and objectifying women, marking the second ban for the retailer in less than six months. The…

PrettyLittleThing.com has been ordered to take down a YouTube advert by the ASA after it ruled that it “invited viewers to view the women as sexual objects”.

PrettyLittleThing advert banned by ASA for inviting “viewers to view the women as sexual objects”

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Advertising Standards Authority ASA Boohoo PrettyLittleThing

February 5, 2020

Ben Stevens

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PrettyLittleThing.com has been ordered to take down a YouTube advert by the ASA after it ruled that it “invited viewers to view the women as sexual objects”. The advert in…

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Arsenal fan token ads are banned by ASA

Cryptocurrency adverts banned as ‘red alert priority’ for ASA

Laybuy has advert banned for claiming its credit checks do not “impact your credit score”

Currys PC World’s ‘buy now, pay later’ advert banned in latest blow for credit sector

Wish.com has advert banned featuring “model who was clearly under 18” in sexual way

Wish.com slammed by ASA after “sexually graphic” ads appear on BBC Good Food app

Missguided has second advert in 6 months banned for “presenting women as sexual objects”

PrettyLittleThing advert banned by ASA for inviting “viewers to view the women as sexual objects”

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