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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.
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air up GmbH
A paid-for TikTok ad was irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offense.
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GreenPixel Ltd t/a Hotel Merge Empire
An in-game ad was likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by condoning domestic violence.
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Cloud Whale Interactive Technology
An in-game ad was socially irresponsible, likely to cause serious or widespread offence and was irresponsibly targeted
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Whaleco UK Ltd t/a Temu
An in-game ad was likely to cause serious or widespread offence.
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Belle Baby Ltd
A website, which featured a product listing for a swimsuit, included an image of a child portrayed in a sexual way.
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Wahed Invest Ltd
Six posters which appeared on the TfL network caused serious offence by featuring images of burning US dollar and Euro banknotes.
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Jaded London Ltd
An Instagram post was socially irresponsible and caused serious offense by featuring a harmful stereotype by objectifying and sexualising women.
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get_0ut_0f_debt Ltd
A video on the get_0ut_0f_debt TikTok account was irresponsible and caused serious offense and unjustified distress.
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 (12)