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Saeta Tech Ltd t/a PixVideo – AI Video Maker
A paid-for YouTube ad for an AI video maker which condoned digitally altering and exposing women’s bodies without their consent, was irresponsible, included a harmful gender stereotype and was likely to cause serious offence.
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RTSB Ltd t/a Match Bingo
[Republished ruling] A YouTube ad for Match Bingo, which featured the Tottenham Hotspur Football team, wasn’t inappropriately targeted to under-18s.
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Activision Blizzard UK Ltd t/a Call of Duty
A Video on Demand and YouTube ad for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence by trivialising sexual violence. Another issue was investigated but it didn’t break the rules.
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FlyDogGame t/a Love and Peace
A paid-for ad for a mobile game app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by trivialising and condoning violence, including domestic violence.
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Pocket FM Private Ltd
A paid-for in-app ad for an audiobook app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by referencing sexual assault and sexual violence.
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Skywork AI Pte t/a Dramawave
A video ad for a streaming platform was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by featuring content that was sexually explicit and suggested sexual violence.
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Haikou Chengfa Technology Co Ltd t/a Aurai Ai
A paid-for YouTube ad for an AI role play app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious and widespread offence, including by featuring expletives and content that condoned sexually violent behaviour.
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persons unknown t/a Animals Solitaire: Protect
An in-game ad for a mobile game app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by objectifying and sexualising women and featuring a harmful gender stereotype.
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Dreame International Hong Kong Ltd t/a Stary PTE Ltd
Two in-app ads for a romantic fiction app were socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious and widespread offence including by trivialising or condoning violence against women and girls and featuring sexually explicit content. The ads also were irresponsibly targeted.
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persons unknown t/a Arthur Mystery Book
An in-game ad for a mobile game app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious and widespread offence by objectifying and sexualising women and featuring a harmful gender stereotype.
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WHG (International) Ltd t/a William Hill Online
An in-app ad promoting an offer for a game in the William Hill app misleadingly contradicted the terms and conditions that applied to the offer.
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Betway Ltd
A pre-roll ad on YouTube for Betway featured the Chelsea FC logo in a manner which was likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Bonne Terre Ltd t/a Sky Bet
[Republished ruling] A promoted tweet for Sky Bet featured Gary Neville, a person who was likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Eaton Gate Gaming Ltd t/a Kwiff
A post on Kwiff’s X account featured Sir Lewis Hamilton, a person who was likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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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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William Hill Organization Ltd t/a William Hill
A promotional voucher for William Hill encouraged irresponsible use.
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Dribble Media Ltd t/a Midnite
A post on Midnite’s X page featuring an AI generated video depicting footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold had strong appeal to under-18s.
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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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KamaGames Ltd t/a Blackjackist
A paid-for X ad for the Blackjack 21: Blackjackist game misleadingly stated that the game didn’t contain in-game purchases, including random-item purchases.
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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.
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 (37)