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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…

The UK’s advertising watchdog has threatened “enforcement action” against Instagram influencers who fail to disclose advertising in their posts.

UK Instagram influencers face “enforcement action” by ASA over failure to label ads

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Advertising Standards Auhtority ASA Influencers Instagram

March 18, 2021

Ben Stevens

The UK’s advertising watchdog has threatened “enforcement action” against Instagram influencers who fail to disclose advertising in their posts. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it is considering naming and…

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…

Nearly two thirds of shoppers say they expect to be doing the majority of their shopping online in a years times after the post-lockdown excitement subsides.

Advertising watchdog bans “irresponsible” Klarna adverts

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Advertising ASA banned buy now pay later credit debt Influencers Instagram Klarna Stella Creasy Watchdog

December 23, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld claims made against a series of Instagram posts promoting Klarna Bank’s deferred payment services. The ASA on Wednesday ruled that Klarna could not show…

Buy Now, Pay Later firms to face tougher advertising restrictions

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Advertising ASA BNPL buy now pay later credit debt fintech Klarna

December 8, 2020

Ava Szajna-Hopgood

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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has released tougher guidance on how Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) schemes advertise their financial services. The ASA’s sister organisation, the Committee of Advertising Practice…

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…

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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

Advertising watchdog bans “irresponsible” Klarna adverts

Buy Now, Pay Later firms to face tougher advertising restrictions

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

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