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Pussy Energy Drink Advert Banned

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Energy Drinks, Advertising Standards Authority, Advertising, Sexism, Pussy Energy Drink Banned, Asa, Advert-Banned, Pussy Energy Drink, Modern Parenting, Feminism, Advert, Pussy, UK Lifestyle News

An ad for energy drink brand Pussy that reprimanded viewers for considering the word's slang alternative has been banned following 156 complaints that...

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Schoolgirl Dating Website Advert Banned For 'Grooming'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women, Advertising Standards Authority, Relationships, Children, Asa, Dating, Online Dating, Dating Website, School Uniform, Advert-Banned, Modern Parenting, Parenting, Grooming, School-Girls, datemature.com, Children Internet Safety, UK Lifestyle News

An ad for a dating website that appeared on Facebook with a picture of a woman in a school uniform has been banned for potentially encouraging groomin...

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American Apparel Adverts Banned

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women, Advertising Standards Authority, American Apparel, Controversial Adverts, Asa, American Apparel Ads, American Apparel Ads Banned, Sexist Advertising, Women in Media, UK Lifestyle News

Controversial US retailer American Apparel has once again flouted advertising regulations with images of women in vulnerable poses "likely to cause se...

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Harvey Nichols 'Lesbian Kiss' Ad Cleared By Watchdog

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Women, Advertising Standards Authority, Harvey Nichols Ad, Controversial Adverts, Harvey Nichols Advert, Asa, Poll, Women in Media, UK Lifestyle News

A Harvey Nichols campaign showing women about to kiss their mirror image has escaped censure after drawing complaints that it was sexually explicit an...

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Two Jimmy Savile Adverts Banned

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Jimmy Savile Adverts, Jimmy Savile, Child Abuse, UK News, Advertising Standards Authority, UK Crime, Adverts, Asa, Operation Yewtree, News, UK News

Two adverts which referred to Jimmy Savile have been ruled harmful and offensive after complaints that they made light of sexual abuse. An email fo...

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Is It Time To Ban Airbrushing For Good?

Guy Parker | Posted 28.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Advertising Standards Authority, UK News, Women's Issues, Body Image, Advertising, Body Confidence, Asa, Health News, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Guy Parker

Digital fakery. Airbrushing. Perfect models with perfect make up, their perfect figures clad in perfect clothes. This imagery is everywhere and it's having a damaging effect on women and girls, who simply can't attain the unrealisable ideal.

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'Distressing And Insulting' Advert Banned

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.11.2012 | UK
Read More: Video, Banned Adverts, Kayak, Brain Operation, UK News, Advertising Standards Authority, Brain Op, Asa, Ofcom, News, Holiday Website, Ad Banned, UK News

An advert showing a surgeon performing a brain operation while organising a holiday online has been banned after complaints it was offensive, distress...

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Breast Tissue Torch Ads Banned

PA | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Breastlight: For Earlier Detection, Breastlight, UK News, Asa, UK News

An advert for a torch-like light that claimed women could use it to detect changes to breast tissue has been banned following a complaint that it was ...

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Prince William 'Authentic Likeness' Doll Advert Banned

PA | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK
Read More: Royals, Kate Middleton, UK News, Prince William, Asa, Prince WIlliam Doll, UK News

An advert for a porcelain doll promising an "authentic likeness" of the Duke of Cambridge on his wedding day has been ruled misleading after a custome...

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Investigation Into Shapps' Websites Closed By ASA

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Michael Green, UK News, Grant Shapps, Asa, UK Politics, Grant Shapps Websites, Video, UK Politics News

The advertising standards watchdog has closed its investigation into a website linked to Conservative Party chairman Grant Shapps after receiving assu...

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Channel 4 Gypsy Adverts Condemned As 'Morally Bankrupt'

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Itmb, c4, Channel 4, Advertising Standards Authority, UK News, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding, Gypsy, Irish Traveller Movement in Britain, Asa, Gypsies, Video, UK Entertainment News

The Irish Traveller Movement in Britain has described the condemnation of two adverts for Channel 4's Big Fat Gypsy Wedding as a "stunning victory" an...

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Charlie Thomas

Car Insurance Ad Banned

HuffingtonPost.com | Charlie Thomas | Posted 15.08.2012 | UK
Read More: TV Canada, Advertisement, Insurance, Car Insurance, Advertising, Asa, Cars, UK Business, Business, Motoring, UK News

Car insurance specialist RIAS has been banned from broadcasting an advert asking "Why pay more than £195?". Two complainants challenged a televisi...

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Not So Special: Cereal Advert Banned Over Misleading Calorie Count

PA | Posted 04.07.2012 | UK
Read More: Special K Milk, UK Diary, UK News, Kellog's, Calories, Special K, Asa, UK News

An advert for the breakfast cereal Special K has been banned after it was found to mislead women about the number of calories in a typical bowl. Ma...

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Colgate's Advert Not Whiter Than White

PA | Posted 20.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Colgate Total, UK News, Advertising Standards Authority, Colgate, Asa, UK News

The firm behind the Colgate brand has been reprimanded by the advertising watchdog for wrongly implying that one of its toothpastes has the backing of...

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Cheese Ad Moved Post-Watershed Over 'Trivialising Violence' Complaints

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Banned Adverts, Advertising Standards Authority, UK News, Banned Ads, Facebook, Advert Complaints, Asa, Video, UK News

A cheese ad in which a miniature cowboy wields a razor and a gun has been shifted to a post 9pm slot following complaints that it trivialised violent ...

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PICTURES: The Most Complained About Ads Of All Time

PA | Posted 30.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Pics & Giggles, Video, Kfc, Advertising Standards Authority, Top 10 Most Complained About Adverts, UK News, Ed Vaizey, Asa, UK News

A Kentucky Fried Chicken advert featuring call centre workers singing with their mouths full is the most complained-about UK campaign of all time, the...

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Amazon's 'One-Day Delivery' Claim Branded Misleading By Ads Watchdog

PA | Posted 22.07.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Amazon Delivery, UK Amazon, UK News, Advertising Standards Authority, UK Post, Asa, UK Retail, Amazon Prime, Amazon, UK Tech News

Online retailer Amazon has been ordered to clarify advertising about its premium one-day delivery service after customers complained that they had bee...

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'One In Three' Leave Primary School Unable To Swim

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 17.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Amateur Swimming Association, Primary Schools, Swimming, Video, UK News, UK Universities and Education, Swimming Lessons, Asa, UK Universities & Education News

One third of 11-year-olds leaving primary school do so unable to swim, according to research by the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA). According t...

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Virgin Media Rapped Over 'Misleading' Adverts

PA | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Richard Branson, Virgin, UK News, Advertising Standards Authority, Virgin Media, Usain Bolt, Asa, UK News

Part of a multimillion-pound Virgin Media campaign featuring champion sprinter Usain Bolt has been banned following complaints that the company misled...

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Saved By A Heartbeat

PA | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Ads, Cpr, UK News, Television Ads, Vinnie Jones, Bhf, Asa, UK Media, Heart Disease, Video, UK News

An ad featuring actor Vinnie Jones carrying out CPR has been cleared following complaints that he performs the technique incorrectly, a watchdog has r...

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American Apparel Bums And Breasts Are Banned - But Beckham In His Pants Is Fine

PA/Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 04.04.2012 | UK
Read More: David Beckham H&M, Advertising Standards Authority, UK News, American Apparel, H&M, David Beckham Underwear, Banned Advert, David Beckham, Asa, Poll, Pornographic, Sexualised, UK News

The American Apparel clothing chain has been warned against using exploitative images of women after a watchdog ruled a series of ads were likely to c...

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'Walk Of Shame' Advert Avoids Censure

The Huffington Post | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 21.03.2012 | UK
Read More: Video, Harvey-Nichols-Walk-of-Shame-Ad, Advertising Standards Authority, UK News, Harvey Nichols Christmas Ad, Harvey Nichols, Asa, UK News

A controversial advert by department store Harvey Nichols has been cleared by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The 'Walk Of Shame' advert...

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Snickers' Twitter Campaign: What Was the Point?

Sam Oakley | Posted 09.05.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Social Media, Twitter, Katie Price, Snickers, Social Media Marketing, Branded Tweets, Rio Ferdinand, Advertising, Asa, UK Tech News
Sam Oakley

We now know that Snickers' much discussed recent campaign was, at least, legal.So, the campaign was legal, but what did it achieve? This is the really irritating thing about the campaign - I'm itching to trash it because it's just the kind of inane rubbish that gives proper social media engagement campaigns a bad name.

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Controversial Agent Provocateur 'Horror' Film Given The All clear By ASA

MyDaily | Posted 07.05.2012 | UK Style
Read More: Agent Provocateur, Video, Underwear, News, Lingerie, Advert, Asa, UK Style News

The Advertising Standards Authority has given the green light to a controversial Agent Provocateur video, which was originally banned after just one c...

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Mars Cleared Over Celebrity Marketing Campaign On Twitter

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Fair, UK News, Jordan, Twitter, Katie Price, Adverts, Asa, Rio Ferdinand, Watchdog, Mars, Standards, News, Snickers, UK News

Mars and Twitter are in the clear following scrutiny from the advertising watchdog over a Snickers marketing campaign on the social networking site. ...

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