-
Online Classifieds AG t/a PURE
Two posters for the PURE Dating App, seen in March 2024: a. The poster depicted four images of cartoon style heads, next to text that stated, “IT’S A GOOD DAY TO GET SOME HEAD” and “ON PURE DATING APP” followed by a QR code. b. The poster depicted a cartoon head of a princess, next t...
-
XIX Vodka Ltd
A YouTube video on the Sidemen’s YouTube channel, seen on 8 October 2023. The video was titled “KSI & W2S CONTROL THE SIDEMEN FOR THE DAY”. The video featured the Sidemen doing challenges around London in two teams. At approximately 16 minutes into the video, a title card quickly appeared that rep...
-
Kingsland Drinks Ltd t/a Kingsland Wines & Spirits
A label on a bottle mislead consumers by failing to disclose the significant conditions of a competition.
-
Hangcure Ltd t/a Hangcure
A TikTok ad for a hangover cure claimed that a food supplement could treat human disease.
-
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.
-
Global Brands Ltd
A TikTok post on Danielle Walsh’s account irresponsibly encouraged excessive drinking and wasn’t obviously identifiable as an ad.
-
Banquist Ltd t/a Banquist, Winedrops
A paid-for Facebook ad for a wine retailer irresponsibly encouraged drinking unwisely.
-
Calvin Klein Inc
[Republished ruling] Three posters for Calvin Klein did not objectify women, but one was inappropriate for display in an untargeted medium.
-
Brown-Forman Beverages Europe Ltd t/a Jack Daniel's
A poster irresponsibly implied that drinking alcohol could overcome boredom and promoted adopting unwise drinking styles.
-
DUSK (Retail) Ltd
A TV ad did not irresponsibly imply that drinking alcohol had therapeutic qualities and could be used to cope with parenthood.
-
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.
-
Rebecca Louise t/a rebeccalouise95
A poster for a model’s OnlyFans account was inappropriately targeted and likely to cause widespread offence.
-
GIRLvsCANCER
An outdoor poster that referenced a swear word was likely to cause serious or widespread offence and was inappropriate for an untargeted medium.
-
Em Rose
A poster for an OnlyFans account was irresponsibly placed and likely to cause widespread offence.
-
BrewDog plc
An Instagram post by Brewdog, published on 31 July 2023, featured an image of a poster, containing a childlike drawing of Earth covered in flames. Text accompanying the drawing stated “drink it for me” in the style of a child’s handwriting. Text on the other half of the poster stated “BEER FOR Y...
-
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Ltd t/a KFC
An email and two outdoor poster ads for KFC, seen in October and November 2023: a. The email included an image with text that stated “FINALLY F CKIN’ GOOD”. The letters between the “F” and “CKIN’” were covered by chips. Text underneath stated "NOT-SO HUMBLE BRAG. ...
-
Imiracle (HK) Ltd t/a ELFBAR
A poster ad and digital billboard ad for Elfbar vapes misleadingly omitted information about limited recycling options, mislead about the environmental benefit the products offered and misleadingly highlighted an environmental benefit that comes from a legal obligation which also impacts competing products.
-
Toyota (GB) plc
A paid-for Facebook post and a poster ad condoned using vehicles in a way that disregarded their impact on nature and the environment, and as such were socially irresponsible.
-
Norfolk Dinosaur Park Ltd t/a PrimEvil
A poster for a horror-themed Halloween event was likely to cause children fear or distress.
-
Global Brands Ltd
A TikTok ad for alcohol on Charly Anne Collard’s account was not immediately identifiable as an ad, was not appropriately targeted, irresponsibly condoned excessive drinking and featured individuals under the age of 25.
-
Dolphin Fitness Ltd
Topic: Sports, leisure and hobbies
-
Ello Group Ltd t/a Coffee Club
Topic: Food, drink and supplements
-
Lumi Skn Ltd
Topic: Medical devices
-
Whitbread Group plc
Topic: Alcohol