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HW Fantasy Ltd t/a My Passion
An in-game ad for an online romantic novel service, seen in a puzzle game was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious and widespread offence, including by trivialising violence against women.
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Au Vodka Ltd
A TikTok post by influencer Lucinda Strafford, a paid-for Facebook post featuring influencer Kai Cenat and another paid-for Facebook post advertising AU Vodka were inappropriately targeted, directed at under-18s and featured people who were, or appeared to be, under-25.
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Voodoo Doll Ltd t/a MOJO Manchester
A paid-for Meta ad for a bar, which referenced alcoholic drinks, was irresponsible by being likely to have particular appeal to under-18s and by encouraging excessive drinking.
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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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Heineken UK Ltd
An Instagram post by the comedian Al Nash advertising Strongbow, implied that alcohol was indispensable and took priority in life.
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Mast-Jagermeister UK t/a Jägermeister
Two paid-for Facebook and Instagram ads for Jägermeister were socially irresponsible and implied that alcohol was a key component of the success of a social event.
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CTW Inc
Three paid-for YouTube ads for a video-game company were socially irresponsible, likely to cause serious or widespread offence and featured harmful gender stereotypes by objectifying and sexualising women. The ads also portrayed someone who appeared to be under 18 in a sexual way.
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Locksley Distilling Co Ltd
A paid-for Facebook and Instagram ad for a bottle of gin implied that a drink may be preferred because of its higher alcohol content.
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BrewDog plc
A poster broke the strict alcohol advertising rules because it implied that alcohol could overcome boredom, loneliness or other problems.
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Pheon Inc
An in-game ad and a paid-for social media ad for an AI Chat Bot, portrayed the character as under-18 and was likely to cause serious or widespread offence by stereotyping women as sexual objects.
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Detox Today
A website homepage for an alcohol addiction help and support service misleadingly implied that the advertiser directly provided registered medical treatment.
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Glamour Shots
A paid-for Google search ad for eBay was irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence by objectifying and sexualising women.
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Cosmos Oyun Yazilim Sanayi Ticaret Ltd Sirketi t/a Filter AI
An in-game ad was socially irresponsible and caused serious offence, including by featuring a harmful gender stereotype that objectified women.
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Wuxi Zhan'ao E-commerce Co Ltd t/a Lpows.com
A paid-for YouTube ad featured a gender stereotype that was likely to cause harm or serious offence.
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HOMA Games SAS
An in-game ad was socially irresponsible and caused serious or widespread offence, including by featuring a harmful stereotype by objectifying women.
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Honeytech Ltd t/a Honeytoon
Two paid-for X ads were socially irresponsible, featured harmful gender stereotypes and caused serious or widespread offence, including referencing incest, featuring scenes that depicted women as objects of sexual gratification and trivialising sexual assault.
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Phusion Projects LLC t/a FourLoko
An Instagram ad was socially irresponsible and encouraged people to adopt an unwise drinking style.
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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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Global Brands Ltd t/a VK
A paid-for Instagram story posted by @vkdrink was socially irresponsible by implying that drinking alcohol could overcome boredom.
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The Innovative Brewing Company Ltd t/a Prime Time Lager
A poster ad for Prime Time Lager made health and nutrition claims not permitted for alcoholic drinks.
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 (24)