Love it or hate it, you can't deny Marmite is a powerful brand. And when it decided to take a very cheeky poke at some sensitive subjects in its new "End Marmite Neglect" ad campaign, it seemingly ruffled quite a few feathers. 250 in fact. For an ad, in less than 24 hours. Impressive. Read More >>
Featured comment by stopthinkcj:
"I think a pinch of salt would do some good here. It's not like anyone is advocating animal cruelty... more the documentary style in which most of thos..." More »
The ASA has swung the ban hammer at this advert from drinks brand "Pussy". Apparently it's sexually explicit, which is ironic given what the ad is actually saying. But is it really offensive? Read More >>
Featured comment by beckisback:
"Yeah, I found it about a year ago in my local supermarket. Here: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/9739217799_4d6a860c62_z.jpg" More »
The advertising watchdog has just given EE's budget arm, T-Mobile, a big slap across the chops over its claim of "unlimited" data on its Full Monty plans. According to the ASA, it's not actually unlimited because T-Mobile employs traffic management, which makes it, err, limited. Read More >>
Featured comment by Danjc2:
"I downloaded a 500mb game yesterday just because I didn't want to wait. For most people that's their monthly limit. I had it in less time than a pizza..." More »
In a rather unfortunately timed announcement given the footballing events of last night, the Advertising Standards Authority has moved to ban forms of subtle Twitter advertising as practised by Nike and its favourite son Wayne Rooney. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"It's a breach of Advertising rules. "If I was to post #MAKEITCOUNT, Nike are amazing, would i get in shit?" no you wouldn't because you aren't being p..." More »
TalkTalk's the latest ISP to get itself in trouble with the Advertising Standards watchdog, after its own speedchecker was found to be exaggerating the download rates users could expect to see if they signed up for a connection. Read More >>
Featured comment by Ret:
"Talk Talk is just generally a crappy company. I signed onto Talk Talk at the start of this academic year because they promised to get our internet con..." More »
Apple has once again tweaked the text that accompanies its New iPad sales listing in the UK, removing all trace of the difficult "4G" term and replacing it with more vague wording when it comes to data connectivity abilities. Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"Brilliant, ahaha.
Utter bullshit that people outside of technology don't care about 4G - if you tell someone that this new internets can load their..." More »
We've already seen Apple referred to Australian advertising watchdog over claims that its "new" iPad comes with 4G connectivity features that can't be used on the country's network, now it appears our Advertising Standard Authority is investigating the same case in more depth over here. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"And that's the whole story!
Complaints were made to the ASA and Apple made some changes (the ones you describe above). The ASA subsequently "closed..." More »
Mobile network Three is this week's tech representative on the Advertising Standards Authority's naughty step, after it was found to be buying misleading Google ads to help sell iPhone 4 contracts. Read More >>
Here's a great example of how miserable it must be working for the Advertising Standards Authority. A member of the public complained that a Dyson ad that claimed its cylinder cleaners featured "no loss of suction" was misleading, because if you never emptied a vacuum cleaner it would lose suction eventually. Read More >>
Apple didn't mislead UK consumers over what Siri would be capable of when it arrived over here, it was our stupid fault for watching US announcements and getting too excited over features we were never going to get. Read More >>
Featured comment by danbaker:
""After watching the UK adverts for the iPhone 4S I was left with the distinct impression that Siri could do anything and everything functionality wise..." More »
An advert for TalkTalk's broadband, which featured imagery of a doll's house while claiming its broadband was the UK's "safest" and therefore clearly inferred your children would inevitably be MURDERED at a distant rural railway station if you risked using any other ISP, has been judged as misleading by the UK's ad watchdog. Read More >>
The Advertising Standards Agency has rapped John Lewis on the knuckles for using 'free' to describe something that's included in the price of an item. The complaint was levelled by Dixons, but upheld by the ASA. Read More >>
Featured comment by Haizum74:
"Well glad you got it sorted. I have to say RS have been great in all the years I have bought from them. I havent tried John Lewis but I have seen a nu..." More »
Mass retail ransacking site Groupon has got itself in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority, after the discount portal offered cheap nose jobs for those willing to take such drastic measures on a whim. Read More >>
Fresh from its public mauling in front of the baying Watchdog audience, Motorola has made a new enemy, with the Advertising Standards Authority ruling the toughness claims of its Defy smartphone were misleading. Read More >>
The knowingly sexist Duke Nukem has got himself in trouble with the UK Advertising Standards Authority, which has barred publisher 2K Games from showing its lapdancing-themed Duke advert before 11.00pm. Read More >>
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