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Petfre (Gibraltar) Ltd t/a Betfred
Three tweets for Betfred featured Anthony Joshua, who is of inherent strong appeal to under-18s.
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HMK V AG t/a Windsor Mint
A TV ad for Windsor Mint misleadingly implied that a commemorative coin took the form a normal 40mm coin, when this was not the case.
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Hutch Games Ltd
A listing for the game "F1 Clash - Car Racing Manager" on the Apple App store did not make it sufficiently clear that the game contained loot boxes.
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Hutch Games Ltd
A listing for the game "Rebel Racing" on the Google Play store did not make it sufficiently clear that the game contained loot boxes.
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G-force
A paid for ad on the Google app for a bike that did not meet legal standards was misleading and irresponsible.
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JD Sports Fashion plc
A poster for JD Sports and Adidas irresponsibly portrayed unsafe driving practices.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd t/a Playstation
A tweet by Ozzy Osbourne which promoted the PlayStation VR2 was not obviously identifiable as an ad.
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WeShop Holdings Ltd t/a WeShop
Ads for a shopping app, posted to Instagram Stories, were found to be not clearly labelled as ads, with one ad also making misleading claims about the future value of shares.
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Team RH Fitness Ltd
A post on fitness company’s Facebook page objectified women, which was likely to cause serious and widespread offence.
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Balmer Lawn Garage Ltd t/a BalmerLawnMotorrad
A press ad by a car retailer irresponsibly condoned and encouraged unsafe driving.
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Universal Music Operations Ltd
A TikTok post on Tasha Ghouri’s account broke the rules as it was not obviously identifiable as an ad.
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Butlins Skyline Ltd
A post on Butlin’s’ Facebook page for its ‘Showtime Breaks’ did not make clear that “from” prices referred to midweek, term- time breaks only and therefore excluded school holidays.
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Cyrusher Outdoors Sporting Ltd
Two product listings on an electric bike retailer’s website irresponsibly depicted the illegal use of the advertised bikes and misleadingly omitted material information.
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Swytch Technology Ltd t/a Swytch
A page on an electric bike conversion kit’s website made misleading future savings claims and misleadingly implied that discount offers were stock or time-limited.
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Gymshark Ltd
A website for a fitness brand misleadingly claimed that their express delivery option meant items would be delivered the next day.
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Global Records SRL
An in-stream ad on YouTube for Sickotoy’s single “2 High 2 Care” was inappropriately targeted as it was seen during a video which was of appeal to children.
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DT Fitness t/a dtfitness_31
A promotion in a post on a personal trainer’s Instagram page was not administered fairly.
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Universal Music Operations Ltd
A poster promoting Demi Lovato’s new album featuring a swear word was targeted irresponsibly and was also likely to result in serious offence to Christians as it linked sexuality to the crucifix and the crucifixion.
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Associated Newspapers Ltd t/a MailOnline
Articles on MailOnline that featured affiliated advertising links were not obviously identifiable as ads.
Rulings
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Rulings (19)