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Hyundai, Toyota EV Ads Banned In UK Over Misleading Claims On Charging Times

Toyota, the maker of the bZ4X, ran a campaign on its UK website that had the tagline “making electric easy.”

InsideEVs

Watchdog bans Hyundai and Toyota car ads over ‘exaggerated’ claims

In both cases, the Advertising Standards Authority found that the ads made misleading claims about the speed of recharging

The Independent UK

Advertising watchdog bans Hyundai and Toyota electric car ads

Campaigns made misleading claims about charging times and rapid-charging points in UK and Ireland, ASA says

The Guardian - UK

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Watchdog bans Hyundai and Toyota car ads over ‘misleading’ charging claims

In both cases, the Advertising Standards Authority found that the ads exaggerated the speed with which the advertised electric cars could recharge.

The Independent UK

Warehouse advert featured ‘unhealthily thin’ model, ASA rules

The advertising watchdog deemed the image ‘irresponsible’

The Independent UK

Rio Ferdinand rapped by advertising watchdog over Qatar World Cup post

The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint

Manchester Evening News

Anglian Water ad banned by regulator over pollution record

ASA pulls advert making positive environmental claims because it omitted firm’s history of sewage spills

The Guardian - UK

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Shell's clean energy campaign is misleading, UK advertising watchdog says

A marketing campaign by oil major Shell has been banned by the U.K.’s advertising watchdog Wednesday for implying a big proportion of its business was in low carbon energy even though fossil fuels make up the “vast majority” of its operations

The Independent UK

Watchdog bans Shell adverts for 'misleading' low-carbon claims

THREE ads for Shell promoting its low-carbon products have been banned for failing to make any mention of the energy giant’s ongoing…

The National (Scotland)

Ad watchdog cracks down on oil giants Shell and Petronas’ ‘greenwashing’ campaigns

The ASA said Shell and Petronas should have revealed the “overall environmental impact of their business” in the ads

Evening Standard

Shell’s ‘green’ ad campaign banned in UK for being ‘likely to mislead’

Advertising Standards Authority says ads do not make clear company’s business is mostly based on fossil fuels

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog bans Shell’s ‘misleading’ low-carbon ads

Shell omitted any mention that oil and gas continued to make up the ‘vast majority’ of its business, the Advertising Standards Authority said.

The Independent UK

Shell's Bristol advert campaign banned for being misleading and exaggerated

"The ruling is expected to set a precedent"

Bristol Post

Ad watchdog takes action against tax repayment agents

Three tax repayment agents have had their ads banned over misleading claims and omitting key information.

The Independent UK

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The National (Scotland)

Sky broadband banned from reusing 'misleading' Minions advert

AN advert for Sky broadband featuring Minions characters must not be broadcast again after it was ruled “misleading” by a standards watchdog ...

Manchester Evening News

Katie Price's on-off fiance Carl Woods rapped for promoting Botox on Instagram

Instagram posts for Botox treatments by former reality TV contestant Carl Woods have been banned

Manchester Evening News

KSI Instagram advert for JD Sports banned by watchdog

KSI is also behind the popular Prime energy drink alongside Logan Paul

Wales Online

KSI advert for JD Sports banned by watchdog

The ASA ruled that the ad must not appear again

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Wales Online

Instagram posts by reality TV star and Katie Price's boyfriend Carl Woods banned

He confirmed that the posts had since been removed

The Independent UK

YouTuber KSI’s Instagram post promoting sportswear banned for flouting advertising rules

Advertising authorities ban KSI’s post promoting the sportswear retailer for failing to mark it as an ad

Birmingham Post

JD Sports advert by YouTuber KSI banned by watchdog

JD Sports said viewers would have known the post was an ad

The Independent UK

Carl Woods ads promoting Botox banned by watchdog

Woods, an ex fiance of former glamour model Katie Price, posted six Instagram stories for Lift Aesthetics, a facial aesthetic clinic.

The Independent UK

YouTuber KSI ad for JD Sports banned by watchdog

KSI, who has 12.7 million followers on Instagram, failed to mark the post promoting the sportswear retailer as an ad.

Chronicle Live

Brazen Sunderland scammers made £2m by tricking people into buying European health cards

Siblings Damien and Dale Zadeh were directors of the companies behind misleading websites

The Guardian - UK

Adverts claiming products are carbon neutral by using offsetting face UK ban

Advertising watchdog to begin stricter enforcement on use of terms such as ‘carbon neutral’ amid concerns over offsets

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