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The CMA puts online platforms and digital advertising under the spotlight

Written by Ben Dunham on 02 Sep 2019

Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 6 August 2019 What happened: The CMA has launched an investigation into…
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It’s just emojions misleading us over [laughing tears of joy face]?

Written by Chloe Deng on 02 Sep 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Where: United Kingdom When: 31 July 2019 Law stated as at: 5 August 2019 What happened: The ASA has released a new guidance note…
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Q: When, will I, will I be famous? A: When you have 30,000 Instagram followers.

Written by Matthew White Chloe Deng on 30 Aug 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Sanofi UK (Sanofi) with ‘ThisMamaLife’ Where: United Kingdom When: 3 July 2019 Law stated as at: 5 August 2019 What happened: In February…
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ITV and ASA couple up to give contestants advice on social media ads

Written by TK Spiff on 30 Aug 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and ITV plc (ITV) Where: United Kingdom When: 30 July 2019 Law stated as at: 25 July 2019 What happened: ITV and the ASA…
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ASA publishes results of child avatar monitoring of gambling and HFSS food advertising

Written by Ben Dunham on 10 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), and the Committees of Advertising Practice (AP) Where: United Kingdom When: June 2019 Law stated as at: 27 June 2019 What happened: The ASA…
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ASA and CAP release Annual Report for 2018: More Impact Online!

Written by Chloe Deng on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 May 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: On 20…
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CMA continues to tackle fake online reviews

Written by Chloe Deng on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Where: United Kingdom When: 21 June 2019 Law stated as at: 26 June 2019 What happened: The CMA recently announced that it has…
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CAP bans harmful gender stereotyping in ads

Written by TK Spiff on 04 Jul 2019

Who: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) Where: United Kingdom When: 20 June 2019 Law stated as at: 14 June 2019 What happened: Back in…
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New proposals to “Blacklist” certain advertising practices and impose an obligation on review websites to conduct reasonable checks that reviewers used and paid for products

Written by Katrina Anderson on 04 Jul 2019

Who: European Union Where: EU When: The new law is expected to come into force in early 2022 Law stated as at: 3 May 2019 What happened: The EU is…
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Freddo the Frog leaps but falls foul of ASA ruling

Written by TK Spiff on 26 Apr 2019

Who: Mondelez UK Limited t/a Cadbury (Cadbury), the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) and the Children’s Food Campaign (Sustain) Where: United Kingdom When: 6 March 2019 Law stated as at: 8…
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Fix up, look sharp: fears of electoral foul play if laws aren’t reformed

Written by TK Spiff on 25 Mar 2019

Who: The Electoral Reform Society (ERS), The Electoral Commission (EC), The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Middlesex University, The Fair Vote Project, Full Fact, Doteveryone, The Centre for the Analysis of…
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Restrictive German athlete advertising deemed abusive

Written by Emma Finlayson on 25 Mar 2019

Who: International Olympic Committee (IOC), German Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt), German Olympic Committee (DOSB) Where: Germany When: 27 February 2019 Law stated as at: 14 March 2019 What happened: The…
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