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Sunday 29 November 2020
The ASAI upheld a separate complaint about an undisclosed commercial relationship between influencer Emma Kehoe and Pretty Little Thing.
The ad watchdog said upheld a complaint on a number of grounds.
The ASAI said that the vast majority of complaints came from women.
The ASAI upheld complaints that the ad contained general offence, but not that it was demeaning to women or had sexual innuendo.
The sector received the most amount of complaints last year.
A complaint had been made about a 3Arena event with a ticket price listed as “from €51 incl booking fee”.
Complaints made by the Irish Heart Foundation regarding numerous adverts have been published by the ASAI.
The advertisement in question ran as part of a Paddy Power branded Six Nations Campaign.
Complainants considered references to the word to be offensive and unnecessary.
No indication was given in the advertisement that the amount of money saved by purchasing the car was variable.
The ASAI said new guidelines will help to ensure certain marketing terms are not misleading to consumers.
A complaint about a radio ad for the newspaper was made to the ASAI.
Smyths Homevalue shared the video on Facebook to promote Black Friday last year.
A woman reported two Facebook posts relating to the Creme Egg Hunting Season.
One of the offending posts featured a sharing pack of Mighty Munch and a message from a “sound spud” who said he would not be sharing.
The ASAI determined that the advertisement should not reappear in the current format.
One influencer claimed that a gut-health product stopped their irritable bowel syndrome.
Pat Phelan’s cosmetic clinic company ‘strongly repudiated’ a complaint about a social media post.
Dealz argued the ad was evocative of the Diet Coke window cleaning ad.
The offending ad featured a bottle in an ice bucket and two champagne glasses containing “a yellow toned liquid”.
Four people complained to the authority that it was impossible for hair from a mink, a wild animal, to be obtained without cruelty.
One of the ads failed to make clear that it extended the length of broadband contracts and increased the price.
The text also claimed that a breast massage could increase the size of breasts and prevent sagging.
The complaint was lodged over a Facebook ad for a ‘Snow Rave’ in The Pulse Venue in Letterkenny.
The advert prompted 64 complaints.
Complainants thought the advert “encouraged drunken behaviour”.
Over 100 objections have been made to the ads watchdog about social media stars and bloggers.
Rosie Connolly used a photoshopped image to promote a Rimmel product.
The ASAI received 15 complaints about the TV advert because it “lacked information on the whereabouts of the boy’s biological dad”.
The complainant said it could be construed the man was trying to take his own life.
The total number of complaints increased nearly 60% last year.
The ASAI held an event this week for bloggers and influencers.
The coupon company issued an offer for a beauty ‘mystery gift’ which failed to specify how many items a customer would receive.
The ASAI also upheld a complaint against Lidl in relation to a competition it ran.
In order to avail of the €1 add-on deal, customers would have to purchase a broadband and TV bundle.
Outdated fee information had been listed on UCD’s School of Medicine website.
A complaint about a radio ad for the same clinic was also upheld.
AIB was found to be in breach of the advertisers’ code.
It did not, however, find the ad was gender stereotyping or that the images were inappropriate.
Three times the amount of complaints have been received so far in 2017 compared to all of last year.
THE DEATH OF David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader, was announced this morning.
The on-screen character for which he was most famous (voiced by James Earl Jones) is often hailed as the most villainous of all movie bad guys.
But for the day that’s in it, we’re wondering if that’s a fair assessment. Today we’re asking: Who is the greatest movie villain of all time?
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