The watchdog is out there to bite those who cross the barrier. Advertising Standards Authority has always been an essential migraine for those who rubbish the basic ethics of advertising. Link mania analyses some instances in which ASA becomes quite a pain in the ads.
This was worse than divorce. A battle between a husband and wife for a car key. This Toyota RAV4 advert was parked permanently by ASA.
Do you believe in miracles? ASA doesn’t. Especially if they happen in advertising.
Holding her assets, that poker girl asked us- will you hold this for me? Innocent ASA frowned and suddenly stopped her.
Kate Moss is beautiful. Her eyes are beautiful. But it was not that Mascara but the computer that made her eyelashes. Kate Moss’s traffic stopping eyelashes thus was stopped by the watchdog itself.
Oh, speed thrills. But it kills, even if it is BMW
Angelina Jolie with a gun. She fires at you. You like that, eh? ASA doesn’t
Even an Apple iPhone ad cannot keep ASA away
A cosmetic firm which claimed without legitimacy that its face cream increases cell renewal was caught by the watchdog
To sell designer handbags using sex is not a good idea
Terrorism is a serious threat to humanity. But, it is not good to make hay while the sun scorches everything
A Diesel ad featuring a naked man from the rear being straddled by three pairs of woman’s legs. ASA was not amused
An advert featuring the cleavage of a woman wearing a white bra with the tagline “Nice Headlamps”. Ban me!
Some of us thought that Coca Cola has not the right to sell its product to people who don’t like water. ASA didn’t.
Mmm... Pizza, pasta, stir fry. You have any ideas? Give me a call and tell me where you like to stick it immediately got bitten
Fashionable violence got banned in Britain
Wear these shoes. You will get shot by a babe and she will take those shoes with her. Irresponsible glamorization of guns.
