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UK Launches Crackdown On Gambling Ads In Children’s Content
Crackdown On Gambling Ads There has been a very long-standing argument in many world governments as to the effects of gambling on children. We have, for example, seen loot boxes from games (and online in-game currencies in general) come under severe scrutiny. At the moment, a lot of countries are…
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Vodafone Broadband Adverts Banned As ‘Misleading’
Vodafone Broadband Adverts Banned As ‘Misleading’ Vodafone is one of the biggest and best-known mobile phone brands in the world. In recent years though, the company has started turning its attention towards broadband. I think it would be fair to say that most people at some point or another have…
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Amazon Will Be Told To Drop ‘Next Day Delivery’ Promise
Amazon Will Be Told To Drop ‘Next Day Delivery’ Promise One of the key features of an Amazon Prime membership is the guaranteed next day delivery. Put simply, if you order an item before a certain time of day, Amazon promises to get it you before the end of the…
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Tougher Broadband Advert Rules Start Today
Internet Service Providers have been guilty of confusing adverts which fail to properly disclose the full monthly cost of a broadband plan in a transparent way. In the past, adverts have listed a base monthly price but this could be as a promotion for so many months before the cost increases.…
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No Man’s Sky Under Investigation by ASA
No Man’s Sky may very well be one of the worst launches in modern gaming history. Not only did the game sell a huge amount of copies after one of the biggest hype trains we’ve ever seen, but most of those sales were also very quickly refunded as the game…
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Ad for ‘Thinnest Smartphone’ Banned in UK for Sexualising Women
An ad for “the world’s thinnest smartphone” has been banned in the UK. The Advertising Standards Agency (ASA), said that the ad was “likely to cause serious offence” due to its “sexually suggestive” nature. The ad in particular, for the Kazam Tornado 348, was banned by the ASA after they said…
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ASA Tackles Vloggers Misleading Advertising
The UK’s Advertising Standards Agency has asked popular YouTube vloggers Dan and Phil to remove an ad for Oreo cookies, after it was found to be misleading. The ad in question featured the pair competing with each other to see how quickly they could lick the filling from some Oreos. The…
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