Rulings (19)
  • Petfre (Gibraltar) Ltd t/a Betfred

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 01 November 2023

    Three tweets for Betfred featured Anthony Joshua, who is of inherent strong appeal to under-18s.

  • HMK V AG t/a Windsor Mint

    • Upheld
    • Television
    • 18 October 2023

    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.

  • Hutch Games Ltd

    • Upheld
    • App (own claim)
    • 04 October 2023

    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.

  • Hutch Games Ltd

    • Upheld
    • App (own claim)
    • 04 October 2023

    A listing for the game "Rebel Racing" on the Google Play store did not make it sufficiently clear that the game contained loot boxes.

  • G-force

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 27 September 2023

    A paid for ad on the Google app for a bike that did not meet legal standards was misleading and irresponsible.

  • JD Sports Fashion plc

    • Upheld
    • Poster
    • 30 August 2023

    A poster for JD Sports and Adidas irresponsibly portrayed unsafe driving practices.

  • Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd t/a Playstation

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 09 August 2023

    A tweet by Ozzy Osbourne which promoted the PlayStation VR2 was not obviously identifiable as an ad.

  • WeShop Holdings Ltd t/a WeShop

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 19 July 2023

    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. 

  • Team RH Fitness Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 28 June 2023

    A post on fitness company’s Facebook page objectified women, which was likely to cause serious and widespread offence.

  • Balmer Lawn Garage Ltd t/a BalmerLawnMotorrad

    • Upheld
    • Press general
    • 19 April 2023

    A press ad by a car retailer irresponsibly condoned and encouraged unsafe driving.

  • Universal Music Operations Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 19 April 2023

    A TikTok post on Tasha Ghouri’s account broke the rules as it was not obviously identifiable as an ad.

  • Butlins Skyline Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 08 March 2023

    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.

  • Cyrusher Outdoors Sporting Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 22 February 2023

    Two product listings on an electric bike retailer’s website irresponsibly depicted the illegal use of the advertised bikes and misleadingly omitted material information.

  • Swytch Technology Ltd t/a Swytch

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 22 February 2023

    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.

  • Gymshark Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Internet (website content)
    • 08 February 2023

    A website for a fitness brand misleadingly claimed that their express delivery option meant items would be delivered the next day.

  • Global Records SRL

    • Upheld
    • Video
    • 18 January 2023

    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.

  • DT Fitness t/a dtfitness_31

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 11 January 2023

    A promotion in a post on a personal trainer’s Instagram page was not administered fairly.

  • Universal Music Operations Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Poster
    • 11 January 2023

    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.

  • Associated Newspapers Ltd t/a MailOnline

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 21 December 2022

    Articles on MailOnline that featured affiliated advertising links were not obviously identifiable as ads.