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Betway Ltd t/a Betway
An Instagram post for Betway featuring Thierry Henry wasn’t likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Cyan Blue Odds Ltd t/a Oddschecker
Two Instagram posts for an online betting platform featuring Harry Kane and Erling Haaland were likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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linyixiansanrenwangluokejiyouxiangongsi t/a IDJRDDF
A product listing on Amazon featured a gender stereotype that was likely to cause harm or serious offence.
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Perrin Et Fils SAS t/a La Vieille Ferme
A paid-for TikTok ad for a wine company irresponsibly implied that alcohol had therapeutic qualities, portrayed alcohol as being capable of changing your mood and a source of nourishment and made health claims. The ad was also socially irresponsible by encouraging excessive drinking.
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VAM Apps Co t/a The Coach
A paid-for YouTube ad for a men’s health app was likely to cause serious and widespread offence.
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Bestway Retail Ltd t/a Bargain Booze
A paid-for Facebook ad for an alcohol retailer irresponsibly implied that alcohol could overcome loneliness.
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Activision Blizzard UK Ltd t/a Call of Duty
A Video on Demand and YouTube ad for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence by trivialising sexual violence. Another issue was investigated but it didn’t break the rules.
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FlyDogGame t/a Love and Peace
A paid-for ad for a mobile game app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by trivialising and condoning violence, including domestic violence.
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Pocket FM Private Ltd
A paid-for in-app ad for an audiobook app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by referencing sexual assault and sexual violence.
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Skywork AI Pte t/a Dramawave
A video ad for a streaming platform was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by featuring content that was sexually explicit and suggested sexual violence.
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The Walt Disney Company Ltd t/a Twentieth Century Studios
An outdoor digital video poster for the film Predator Badlands was likely to cause fear and distress for young children and was displayed in a place where it could be seen by people of all ages.
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Magic Tavern Inc
Three paid-for Meta ads for a mobile app game were socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by normalising, condoning and making light of domestic violence, abusive relationships, and bullying, by objectifying women and by presenting gender stereotypes in a way that would like...
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Gorgeous Shard Puzzle Studio
An in-game ad for a mobile game app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious and widespread offence, including by objectifying and sexualising women and featuring a harmful gender stereotype.
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Colgate-Palmolive (UK) Ltd
A TV ad for Sanex shower gel was likely to cause serious offence by featuring a racial stereotype.
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Inkitt GmbH t/a Inkitt
An in-app ad was not appropriately targeted and contained scenes that condoned sexually violent behaviour and were likely to cause serious and widespread offence.
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Diesel SpA t/a Diesel
A paid-for ad featuring Katie Price was irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence by objectifying and sexualising women.
Rulings
Our rulings are published every Wednesday and set out on the public record how, following a formal investigation, the advertising rules apply and where we draw the line in judging whether an ad has broken the rules. We also publish a list of companies and organisations which agree to amend or withdraw their ad without being subject to a formal ruling.
Rulings (16)