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Spectrum Awakening
A paid-for Facebook ad for Spectrum Awakening, a food supplement supplier, seen in March 2024 featured text that stated, "My 5 yr old son Scout is diagnosed with receptive expressive language disorder and sensory disorder. Until I found Spectrum Awakening he could barely put a sentence together with very limited s...
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Alzheimer's Society
Three TV ads and a radio ad for a charity were not irresponsible, did not cause serious or widespread offence, and did not cause unjustifiable distress.
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iVape London Ltd
An email broke the rules by directly promoting to consumers unlicensed nicotine-containing e-cigarettes and their components.
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Sony Interactive Entertainment Network Europe Ltd t/a PlaySation
An ad for 'Call of Duty Modern Warfare III' was not irresponsibly targeted.
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Whitbread Group plc t/a Premier Inn, Beefeater
A paid-for search ad made misleading claims about the price of hotel rooms.
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Sparks Information PTE Ltd t/a Hunting Sniper
A paid-for Facebook ad for Hunting Sniper, a mobile app game, featured realistic footage of harm to animals, which was likely to cause widespread offence and unjustified distress.
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Top Games Inc
A paid-for X ad for the game Evony: The King’s Return featured gameplay that was not representative of the actual game.
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Aldi Stores Ltd t/a Aldi
A wrap around national press ad made misleading comparative claims which could not be verified, as well as a misleading claim about prices compared to last year.
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Electronic Arts Ltd t/a EA
Two paid-for Facebook ads for Golf Clash, a mobile app game, omitted material information about the inclusion of loot boxes.
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Hing Fo International Ltd t/a ALFABAR
A poster for an electronic cigarettes brand was irresponsible for being likely to appeal particularly to under-18s, but was not inappropriately targeted.
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Jagex Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for online game RuneScape omitted material information about the inclusion of loot boxes.
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LeoVegas Gaming plc t/a Bet MGM
A TV ad for Bet MGM featuring Chris Rock was not likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Lindar Media Ltd t/a MRQ.com
A paid-for Facebook ad for gaming website MrQ.com featured cartoon imagery that was likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Miniclip (UK) Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad for an online game omitted material information about the inclusion of loot boxes.
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Simba Sleep Ltd
A website featured misleading claims around reference prices and associated savings.
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Lenovo Technology (UK) Ltd
An email contained the misleading claim “Get 10% off any product”.
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Strafe Esports Ltd t/a LevelTap
A paid-for ad on Facebook linked alcohol with an activity where drinking would be unsafe or unwise, and was irresponsible.
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BKUK Group Ltd t/a Burger King
Three emails for foods in high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) were directed at children through the media in which they appeared.
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Witcombe Festival
A competition via Instagram post didn’t award the winner the promised prize or a reasonable equivalent.
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Churchill Retirement Living Ltd t/a Churchill Retirement Living
A website and a paid-for Facebook ad made misleading claims about savings, and was irresponsible for exploiting the cost of living crisis.
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Dolphin Fitness Ltd
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies