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This month's coverage includes:
Regulatory Updates
- Following the digital trail: ASA's investigation into the supplier pathway of irresponsible online ads
- Unravelling the 'politricks': EU regulation promoting transparency in political advertising published
- ASA's growing AI capability
ASA Rulings
- Vytaliving misses vital advertising rules
- Lucky Cow gets away unscathed: ad featuring dancing cow held not to be of strong appeal to under 18s
- ASA shows differences in approaches to complaints that gambling ads might appeal to children
- ASA ruling proves strong enough to defeat 'The Beast': advert featuring Adebayo Akinfewa deemed likely to strongly appeal to under 18s
- The grass is not always greener: Easigrass falls short of ASA rules on green disposal claims
- Bready or not – Hovis' bread claims rise to the challenge
- Rock solid: Chris Rock not of strong appeal to children
- ProgressPlay's new customer promotion: a misleading bet that left JeffBet users upset
- English High Court considers when ads are comparative by implication
- ASA weighs in on Skinny Food influencer advert
- Painful reminder: medicinal claims are not permitted for unlicenced medicines treating menopause symptoms
Osborne Clarke insights and webinars
You may also be interested in:
Insights
- UK FCA guidance leaves little creative freedom for financial promotions online
- HFSS newsletter | May 2024
- New EU rules on transparency and targeting of political advertising enter into force
- UK FCA confirms final guidance to accompany anti-greenwashing rule
Webinars
Annual Data Forum
We will be holding our annual Data Forum in person at our London office on Tuesday 4 June and at our Bristol office on Thursday 13 June.
Child Safety Spotlight seminar
Osborne Clarke and Mason Hayes Curran will jointly host a seminar on online child safety 20 June 2024, with an online safety policy specialist guest speaker from Ofcom (regulator for the UK Online Safety Act). Sign up here.
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