Regulation

East Midlands Railway breaches CAP Code by cancelling ‘Build Back Better’ competition

October 7, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has scolded East Midlands Railway (EMR) for failing to deliver a competition prize. EMR had invited members of the public to take [...]

O2 advert banned over “misleading” claims

October 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an avert from telecoms firm O2 over misleading claims. The claim on the advert for the Samsung S20 5G handset was based [...]

UK Government plans to make fake online reviews illegal

September 5, 2021 // 0 Comments

The UK Government is forming plans to tackle the rise in fake online reviews, with big fines on the cards for those who write or host them. In the Government’s [...]

Social media influencers fear for their safety due to online threats

August 6, 2021 // 0 Comments

A female social media influencer has given evidence to the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee regarding the “relentless” abuse she receives [...]

Motel Rocks’ adverts banned for featuring ‘unhealthily thin’ looking models

August 2, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two adverts promoting fashion retailer Motel Rocks’. The UK’s advertising watchdog had received five [...]

JML cleaning advert banned for gender stereotype

June 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld a complaint about an advert for the Hurricane Spin Scrubber, which implied that only women cleaned or were interested in [...]

Call for ban on surveillance advertising ‘spying on our kids’

June 10, 2021 // 0 Comments

Girl sitting in bed on laptop in the dark.

A British think-tank, which promotes social and economic justice, has called for a ban on surveillance advertising that targets children. The New Economics Foundation (NEF) [...]

Online Safety Bill to protect UK internet users

May 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Online Safety Bill, announced in the Queen’s Speech, aims “to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression”. The draft [...]

Babyboo Instagram advert banned for objectifying women

April 23, 2021 // 0 Comments

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned fashion retailer Babyboo’s paid-for Instagram advert as it was deemed to have objectified women. ASA concluded on April [...]

Aldi and M&S will settle Cuthbert the Caterpillar copyright spat in court

April 20, 2021 // 0 Comments

Aldi has offered Marks & Spencer (M&S) a truce over their caterpillar cakes legal spat, suggesting they work together to raise money for cancer charities. M&S has [...]