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Popular Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague broke advertising codes last year after running a competition on social media, the official watchdog has ruled.  The influencer was subject to backlash after she entered just 25 of the two million names that took part in the competition into a random generator to find a winner. This is Money pointed out at the time that the rules around such competitions didn't appear to have been met.  As such, the Advertising Standards Authority received a dozen complaints about the Instagram giveaway and it is likely its ruling will be a warning shot to other infl...

Professor Boyd Swinburn, of Health Coalition Aotearoa – a long time supporter of a sugar tax – said the last decade has been ‘’a vacuum of action on child obesity’’. If the Government ruled out sugary drinks levies, there would be little else to arrest the country's appalling childhood obesity rates, he said. Supplied Junk food advertising is present everywhere, groups concerned about New Zealand's child obesity rate say. ‘’The industry code is a demonstrable failure and what else would you expect? Regulation is the only option if the Government is serious.’’ Researche...

More than 12,000 complaints were received with regard to misleading advertisements on television between 2017 and 2020, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting informed Lok Sabha on Friday. In written response to a question, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that a total of 12,187 complaints were received in the Grievance Against Misleading Advertisements (GAMA) portal during the period. The portal where consumers can lodge complaints relating to misleading advertisements was launched by the Department of Consumer Affairs in 2015. The minister said that out of these complaints, 8...

Over 12,000 complaints about misleading TV ads received in four years, Centre tells Lok Sabha In written response, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that of these complaints, 8,963 were resolved either by withdrawal or modification of advertisements File image of Prakash Javadekar. PTI New Delhi: More than 12,000 complaints were received with regard to misleading advertisements on television between 2017 and 2020, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting informed Lok Sabha on Friday. In written response to a question, Un...

Government makes call for personal responsibility in powerful Covid ad Campaign asks public to look Covid patients and frontline workers 'in the eyes and tell them you are doing all you can to stop the spread of Covid-19'. by Simon Gwynn Sign in to continue Free email bulletins