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EllaOla Brands Inc t/a EllaOlla
A paid-for Facebook ad for a supplement retailer made claims that a food supplement could help reduce traits of autism and made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The ad also made unauthorised health claims, falsely implied they...
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Get Dopa Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for a supplement brand make claims that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure ADHD and other neurodivergent conditions. The ad also made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and made unauthorised spe...
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Healthbio Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for a supplement brand made claims that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure ADHD and made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The ad also made unauthorised specific health claims.
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Impact Herbs t/a Impact Subs
A paid-for Meta ad for a prostate health supplement made claims that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure enlarged prostate and symptoms of prostate problems. The ad also made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
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Lifelab Testing Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad and a website ad for an at home medical testing company made claims that their at home Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) tests could make an accurate medical diagnosis of prostate problems, including prostate cancer. The ad also made claims that discouraged essential treatment for conditions for wh...
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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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Muxue Trade Limited t/a Alphacut
A paid-for Meta ad for a prostate health supplement made claims that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure the symptoms of prostate problems and made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
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Nutreance LLC t/a Top 5 Supplements
Two paid-for Google ads for a prostate health supplement made claims that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure the symptoms of prostate problems and made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The ads also failed to make t...
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Nutrisslim d o o t/a Nature’s Finest by Nutrisslim UK
Two paid-for Meta ads and a website for a prostate health supplement made claims that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure enlarged prostate and the symptoms of prostate problems. The ads also made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory ...
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Onecare Wellness Pte Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for a supplement brand made claims that a food supplement could help reduce traits of autism, anxiety and learning difficulties. The ad also made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and made unauthorised spe...
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TAYHLI ltd t/a C.A.T.
A paid-for Google ad for a nutrition clinic made claims that a food supplement could help reduce traits of autism and made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).
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Currys Group Ltd t/a Currys
A paid-for Facebook ad for Currys was misleading and socially irresponsible by implying that e-scooters could be ridden on public roads.
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Simmer Ltd
A paid-for TikTok ad for a meal prep service misleadingly implied that their menu was curated by chefs who had been awarded a Michelin star.
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Dr Vegan Ltd
An Instagram post for Dr Vegan Ltd claimed that a food supplement could prevent, treat or cure symptoms of the menopause and made medicinal claims for products that weren’t authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency.
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BetterVits LLC
An Instagram post by the influencer Doctor Shireen made unauthorised health claims in relation to food supplements, exaggerated authorised health claims and made health claims that referred to the recommendation of an individual health professional, which is against the rules in ads for food supplements.
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Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland Ltd
A paid-for YouTube ad for a HFSS product wasn’t appropriately targeted and appeared in media that was likely to appeal to under-16s.
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Team RH Fitness Ltd
A webpage advertising a health and fitness app was misleading as it failed to make clear that a subscription had a minimum commitment period of a 12-months.
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Arrae Inc
Two paid-for Meta ads for food supplements made unauthorised and misleading medical and health claims for weight loss.
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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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Myota GmbH
Two paid-for Facebook ads for food supplements made unauthorised and misleading medical and health claims for weight loss.
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