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Govt climate change ads banned for overstating risks

By Joe Thomas, campaignlive.co.uk 17 March 10, 09:14

than 900 complaints. The ASA received more 900 complaints along 10 separate lines over the hard ... rhyme 'Jack and Jill' and depicted a drought. The ASA judged that the imagery and use of text ... . The ASA also received complaints from adults who had found the ads upsetting and distressing, but stated ...

ASA bans ad for offensive racial stereotype

By Daniel Farey-Jones, campaignlive.co.uk 17 March 10, 12:01

LONDON - The ASA has banned a Tombola bingo ad featuring a black man repeating in song everything a ... ukelele and repeated in song everything the white man said. The ASA considered that the relationship ... for reassurance or instruction, suggesting that he lacked the confidence or intellect to behave otherwise, the ASA ... was not meant to be offensive and did not present a negative racial stereotype.The ASA has judged a number ...

EasyJet ad attacking Ryanair banned by ASA

By Alex Brownsell, campaignlive.co.uk 03 March 10, 12:01

LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an easyJet ad that accused its rival ... = Barcelona, Paris = Paris, Milan = Milan, Venice = Venice'. Ryanair complained to the ASA that Beauvais ... as 'Girona (Barcelona)', rather than 'Barcelona (Girona)'. The ASA upheld the complaint on the grounds ... your destination." It is a rare meeting of minds between Ryanair and the ASA, which in April 2008 ...

Extension to ASA remit to include commercial websites is 'imminent'

By Arif Durrani, campaignlive.co.uk 26 February 10, 12:24

loophole, by extending the existing standards to include commercial websites." An ASA spokesman said ... at tackling concerns surrounding the online regulatory gap by extending the ASA's remit online and we welcome ... no date has been set, changes are imminent." The ASA was formed in 1962, primarily as a regulatory body ...

Climate change warning ad attracts political probe

By Daniel Farey-Jones, campaignlive.co.uk 24 February 10, 01:35

is distressing to children. The ASA has received 938 relevant complaints but has passed those about the ad being political to Ofcom. An ASA spokesman said today the body would publish its findings in the next ...

Hovis ad banned from making 'Britain's softest' claim

By John Reynolds, campaignlive.co.uk 24 February 10, 09:28

of the softness of its bread. However, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld the complaint and banned ...

The Conservatives under fire for "ill-thought-out" marketing guidelines

By Arif Durrani, campaignlive.co.uk 19 February 10, 11:38

and their agencies, and enforced by a world class self-regulator in the ASA. "Cameron's idea of a specifically set-up website would pull the rug out from under the ASA and is clearly ill-thought out." Yet significantly, this view was not shared by the ASA itself, which told Campaign its understanding to-date is that any Tory ...

Sony Ericsson mobile phone ad censured by ASA

By Sara Kimberley, campaignlive.co.uk 17 February 10, 08:57

LONDON - Sony Ericsson misled consumers, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled ... the Facebook application, but the problem had since been rectified. However, the ASA concluded the ad ...

ASA raps horror film poster after 18 complaints

By Joe Thomas, campaignlive.co.uk 17 February 10, 08:42

accurately described the film. The ASA upheld the complaints on the grounds that the language was likely ...

Southern Railway edits 'irresponsible' TV ad following complaint

By Alex Brownsell, campaignlive.co.uk 10 February 10, 08:55

viewer had complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) encouraged dangerous behaviour. ... the complaint, had agreed to edit out the scenes showing the wrestler running by the moving train. The ASA ... train and his dancing also takes place next to a stationary train. As a result, the ASA deemed ...