11 Apr 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
-uk.com did not respond to the Advertising Standards Authority's enquiries.
The ASA decided the "100 ...
04 Apr 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
Standards Authority (ASA) after complaints that the images were offensive and irresponsible....chosen to reach a target audience of 18- to 39-year-olds, and were planned away from schools.
The ASA ...
04 Apr 2012
| by John Reynolds
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned American Apparel from running a series of ads...viewed in October last year, as well as an ad in a free lifestyle magazine called Crack.
The ASA ...
, an ad it ran featuring a semi-naked young woman was banned by the ASA.
In this case, the complainant ...
was upheld, it would be applying a rule of censorship that was completely out of date.
The ASA, in its ...
28 Feb 2012
| by Maisie McCabe
the OMC said endorsed the position taken by the ASA and suggested the body reflects public opinion ...
were subsequently banned and most of which were complained about.
In October the ASA announced ...
30 Nov 2011
| by Sarah Shearman
Two outdoor Marks and Spencer lingerie ads have been censured by the ASA, after the authority..." and "atmospheric style" and it was well known they were a lingerie retailer.
The ASA did not uphold ...
was "socially irresponsible" and ruled it must not appear again in untargeted outdoor media.
However, the ASA did not find the second ad, in breach of its code.
The ruling comes after the ASA warned ...
09 Nov 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an ad for clothing brand Drop Dead, for using...and offensive for choosing a model who appears anorexic and underweight.
The ASA called the ad "socially ...
campaigns, while the ASA said that the model, who was in clothing that "emphasised the length and slimness of her legs", did not appear too thin for her frame and did not look unhealthy.
The ASA decided ...
09 Nov 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
the ASA with concerns that the ad was irresponsible and portrayed Fanning in a sexualised manner.
The ASA said that despite Fanning being 17 in the ad, she looked under 16 and was photographed in a ...
month the ASA ruled that overtly sexually provocative billboards will be banned as part of the industry ...
10 Aug 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
Zazzle, a custom-clothing online retailer, has been banned by the ASA from advertising a children...The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received three complaints calling the ad "irresponsible ...
told the ASA that it was a technology company that had developed a platform that allowed members of its ...
that are found offensive.
After being contacted by the ASA, Zazzle restricted the specific design so it would ...
12 May 2011
| by Matt Williams
The ASA received more than 25,000 complaints about 13,074 different ad campaigns in 2010 ...
, the ASA acted to change or withdraw 2,226 campaigns, including high-profile spots for Sony PlayStation ...
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However the ASA did not uphold the complaint, stating that the ad was surreal and light-hearted in tone ...
06 Apr 2011
| by Ed Owen
University clothing brand Jack Wills has been forced by the ASA to pull a number of pages in its...(ASA), claiming the ads were not appropriate in a publication that could be viewed by teens ...
campaign for the 2009 spring catalogue containing alleged "gratuitous" nudity escaped a ban .
The ASA ...
and all models depicted in the ads were 18 years old or older. Jack Wills justified their ads to the ASA ...