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Radio ads banned after terms and conditions spoken too quickly to understand

Radio ads for Paddy Power and MoneySuperMarket.com have been banned for voicing the terms and conditions so quickly that listeners were unable to understand them. Complainants said both ads, heard in December, were misleading because the terms and ...

09 Mar 2022 at 01:25

‘Buy now pay later’ adverts could be misleading consumers, watchdog warns

The UK’s financial watchdog has issued a warning to companies offering “buy now pay later” schemes that they could be committing a criminal offence over misleading and harmful adverts. “Buy now pay later” adverts – which allow consumers to buy ...

19 Aug 2022 at 10:26

Meta starts testing facial recognition tools to combat ‘celeb-bait’ adverts

Meta is testing the use of facial recognition technology to help protect people from so-called “celebrity bait” adverts and to help users verify their identity and regain a compromised account. The technology giant said the new schemes would ...

22 Oct 2024 at 00:01

Autistic boy obsessed with John Lewis Christmas ad thanks retailer for gifts

An autistic five-year-old boy who became so obsessed with the Venus flytrap from John Lewis’s Christmas advert that he watches it hundreds of times a day has thanked the retailer for sending him Snapper-themed goodies. Tommy Lamb fell in ...

25 Nov 2023 at 07:00

Waitrose enlists all-star cast for ‘whodunnit’ Christmas campaign

Waitrose has enlisted stars from some of the most popular British television programmes of recent years for a “whodunnit” Christmas advert. The first instalment of the two-parter campaign is entitled “Sweet Suspicion, A Waitrose ...

05 Nov 2024 at 09:33

John Lewis releases early hint of Christmas ad with new campaign

John Lewis has released an early hint of its Christmas ad with a new campaign centred on its recently revived Never Knowingly Undersold price pledge. The “through the decades” TV advert is the first in a three-part campaign for ...

19 Sept 2024 at 01:05

TikTok trials advert-free paid subscription plan

TikTok is trialling a new paid subscription service for people who do not want to see adverts on the video-sharing platform. The social media giant is offering the service as part of a limited test in one market outside of the ...

03 Oct 2023 at 13:56

Starmer recommits to campaign blaming Sunak for living costs

Sir Keir Starmer has told his shadow Cabinet that voters “must know that Rishi Sunak’s fingerprints are all over their struggling household budgets”. Labour is set to launch adverts blaming the Prime Minister personally for ...

10 Apr 2023 at 22:30

Tougher rules will target illegal ads and fake influencer scams, says Government

Tougher new rules are set to clamp down on illegal and age-restricted adverts and fake celebrity scams, the Government has said. New plans to protect consumers and children online follow a review into paid-for online ...

25 Jul 2023 at 10:17

Adverts coming to UK Amazon Prime Video users in February

Amazon has confirmed “limited advertisements” will begin to appearing within its Prime Video streaming service from February 5 in the UK. UK Prime subscribers will be able to continue to use the service without ...

27 Dec 2023 at 11:53

Alcohol ads featuring rapper ArrDee banned by watchdog

Ads for alcohol brand Litty Liquor have been banned for featuring the under-25-year-old rapper ArrDee and encouraging excessive and irresponsible drinking. Two Instagram posts from the Litty Liquor account in ...

31 May 2023 at 00:01

Ads for Islamic investment platform showing burning US and euro banknotes banned

Six ads for an Islamic investment platform showing US dollar and euro banknotes on fire have been banned after a regulator ruled they were likely to cause serious offence. The posters for Wahed Invest, seen ...

08 Jan 2025 at 00:01

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