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Transform Hospital Group Ltd t/a Transform
We banned an ad for trivialising plastic surgery.
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Arsenal Football Club plc
[Republished ruling] A Facebook post and website post by Arsenal Football Club promoting fan tokens were misleading because they did not make sufficiently clear that the value of investments in paid-for Fan Tokens was variable and as cryptoassets they were unregulated; omitted material information, including that free ...
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Boux Avenue Ltd
A post on the company’s Facebook page was irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence by objectifying women
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ITAE Productions Ltd t/a The VIVIT Experience ; VIVIT
An email for a Father’s Day promotion that featured a picture Fred West was banned for being likely to cause serious or widespread offence and distress
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Prettylittlething.com Ltd t/a Prettylittlething.com
Images on a fast-fashion retailer’s website featuring Alabama Barker were socially irresponsible and likely to cause harm and offence by depicting an under 18 in a sexual manner
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LC International Ltd t/a Coral
A TV ad for Corals advertised gambling irresponsibly.
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LifeSafe Technologies Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for a fire extinguisher did not cause excessive fear or distress.
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The National Society For The Prevention of Cruelty to Children t/a NSPCC
A television ad did not irresponsibly suggest that people should call the charity instead of the police when they suspected cases of abuse were happening.
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Secret Surgery Ltd
Ads on Instagram and Facebook promoted a prescription-only medicine and irresponsibly put pressure on consumers to have Botox procedures.
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OneSoft Studio
Two in-game mobile ads were banned for objectifying women, condoning sexual assault and encouraging sexual violence.
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Sky UK Ltd
We didn’t uphold complaints about a TV ad for Sky Cinema.
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Paramount UK Partnership t/a Comedy Central, Paramount Comedy Channel
A pre-roll ad on YouTube for a Comedy Central programme was likely to cause serious offence and was irresponsibly targeted.
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PPB Counterparty Services Ltd t/a Paddy Power
A TV and VOD ad by a bookmaker broke the rules by portraying gambling as taking priority in life over family and encouraging repetitive or frequent participation in gambling.
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PPB Counterparty Services Ltd t/a Paddy Power
A radio ad for a bookmaker did not break rules on harm and offence with regards to references to emigration and sporting rivalries.
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Vegan Friendly UK
A TV ad for Vegan Friendly UK was likely to cause distress to both younger and adult audiences and therefore was not suitable for broadcast on TV regardless of scheduling restrictions.
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Ayoomi Technology Co Ltd
An in-game ad was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offence for objectifying women or presenting them as stereotyped sexual objects and featuring implied non-consensual sexual acts.
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Stacey Bradley
Two local press ads, one print and one digital, misleadingly implied they had been placed, endorsed or approved by a public body and misleadingly implied COVID-19 vaccinations were unsafe and illegal. They were socially irresponsible and caused fear without justifiable reason.
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LeMieux Ltd
A website ad for a food supplement for female horses, which included an offensive gender stereotype, was banned for being likely to cause serious offence.
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Surfshark Ltd
A YouTube video ad by Surfshark was banned for being likely to cause fear or distress without justifiable reason.
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The Otley Burger Company
A tweet, an Instagram and a Facebook post by The Otley Burger Company which referenced the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was banned for being likely to cause serious and widespread offence and distress.
Rulings
Our rulings are published every Wednesday and set out on the public record how, following 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, following receipt of a complaint, agreed to amend or withdraw their ad without the need for a formal investigation.
Rulings (29)