Rulings (26)
  • Viva!

    • Upheld
    • Cinema (ad)
    • 16 July 2025

    A cinema ad for the vegan charity Viva!, featuring scenes of a human baby being taken from its mother and equating that with dairy calves being separated from their mothers, was irresponsible, distressing and likely to cause serious and widespread offence, particularly for viewers with experience of child los...

  • UAB Convenity t/a Huusk

    • Upheld
    • 28 May 2025

    A TV ad for Huusk Knives was irresponsibly scheduled. 

  • GreenPixel Ltd t/a Hotel Merge Empire

    • Upheld
    • Game (mobile/app)
    • 21 May 2025

    An in-game ad was likely to cause serious or widespread offence, including by condoning domestic violence.

  • Cloud Whale Interactive Technology

    • Upheld
    • In-game (apps)
    • 07 May 2025

    An in-game ad was socially irresponsible, likely to cause serious or widespread offence and was irresponsibly targeted

  • Groupon International Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 30 April 2025

    A website made misleading pricing and savings claims.

  • 2XU UK Limited

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 16 April 2025

    A paid-for Instagram ad for 2xu Recovery Compression Tights made medical claims without holding the applicable conformity marking and were not registered with the MHRA.

  • Belle Baby Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 09 April 2025

    A website, which featured a product listing for a swimsuit, included an image of a child portrayed in a sexual way.

  • Viagogo GmbH

    • Upheld
    • Audio (podcast)
    • 09 April 2025

    A podcast ad claimed that over half the events listed on Viagogo had tickets selling below face value when this wasn’t the case.

  • A3 Games Pte Ltd t/a Top Girl

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 26 March 2025

    A paid-for Facebook ad was socially irresponsible and caused serious or widespread offence, including by featuring a harmful gender stereotype by objectifying and sexualising women.

  • Shenzhenshi Senyi Dianzi Shangwu Youxiangongsi t/a Plum-Marketing

    • Upheld
    • Internet (classified)
    • 12 March 2025

    An Amazon product listing was socially irresponsible as it condoned an unsafe practice and featured very young children playing with a toy that was likely to cause them physical harm. 

  • Gemporia Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Television
    • 05 March 2025

    A teleshopping presentation misleadingly compared the price of a product to the price of a non-identical competitor product and failed to substantiate price statements.

  • Next Retail Ltd t/a NEXT

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 12 February 2025

    A product listing on the NEXT website irresponsibly portrayed a model as being unhealthily thin.

  • Wilton Bradley Ltd t/a Xootz

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site), Television
    • 12 February 2025

    A TV ad and product page was misleading and socially irresponsible by failing to disclose that private e-scooters couldn’t be legally used in public places.

  • Astrasoft Projects Ltd t/a Sofiadate.com

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 05 February 2025

    A paid-for Facebook ad featured harmful stereotypes likely to cause serious or widespread offence. 

  • DragonPlus Game Ltd t/a Happy Hospital

    • Upheld
    • In-game (apps)
    • 05 February 2025

    An in-app ad was socially irresponsible and caused unjustified distress and serious offence by trivialising miscarriage and stillbirth. 

  • Wireless Group Media (GB) Ltd t/a Virgin Radio

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 05 February 2025

    A promotion on Virgin Radio's website wasn't administered fairly and caused unnecessary disappointment.

  • Guangzhou Shimo Culture Media Co Ltd

    • Upheld
    • In-game (apps)
    • 11 December 2024

    An in-game ad was irresponsibly targeted, socially irresponsible and caused serious offense by featuring a harmful stereotype by objectifying and sexualising women.

  • Metamind AI Ltd t/a AI Persona

    • Upheld
    • In-game advertising
    • 11 December 2024

    An in-game ad was socially irresponsible, caused offense by harmfully stereotyping women as sexual objects and portrayed someone who seemed to be under-18 in a sexual way.

  • ACME Vape Ltd

    • Upheld in part
    • Social media (own site), Cinema (ad)
    • 04 December 2024

    A cinema ad and post seen on IVG Vape’s LinkedIn page made unsubstantiated health claims and promoted unlicensed nicotine-containing vapes in unpermitted media but wasn’t directed at people under 18 through the selection of media in which it appeared.

  • Bodystreet Franchise (UK) Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 04 December 2024

    A paid-for Instagram ad for a fitness centre made misleading claims that a 20-minute session per week was equivalent to three one-hour sessions at a regular gym.

Informally resolved (2)
  • G.Network Communications Ltd

    • 07 August 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Media: Internet
    Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies

  • Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Ltd t/a KFC

    • 24 July 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements