Jaguar Advert Banned for Glamourising Going a Bit Fast
Should've filmed a man sitting in one on the M4 for 45 minutes.
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ASA Tells an Idiot How Vacuum Cleaners Work
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.
Apple: Our UK Siri Advertising Didn't Lie
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.
TalkTalk's "Safest" Broadband Claims Were Misleading
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.
Free Is Not Free If It's Included In the Price According to the ASA
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.
Groupon Banned From Running Nose Job Discount Deal
Mass retail ransacking site Groupon has got itself in trouble with the Advertising Statndards Authority, after the discount portal offered cheap nose jobs for those willing to take such drastic measures on a whim.
Ad Authority Deems Motorola's Defy Toughness Claims "Misleadingly Exaggerated"
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.
Sexy Duke Nukem Forever TV Advert Banned From Broadcast Before 11.00pm
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.
