This television commercial, meant for promoting Carl’s Jr. restaurant chain and its patty melt sandwich, drew flakes from a teacher’s association for being offensive. The advertisement was aired during last week's Tennessee Titans football game...
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Google has recently settled a federal lawsuit with American Blind and Wallpaper Factory, as the later agreed to abandon the nearly 4-year-old case without receiving any payment from Google. The suit, originally filed in 2003, has accused Google...
This poster advertisement launched by Ann Summers recently cleared by the advertising watchdog, which had attracted complaints for being offensive. The poster is showing a topless woman with the strapline, 'Making Devon Cream'. The poster in...
This television advertisement launched in Canada by Saskatchewan NDP has recently attracted fierce criticism from the Opposition. The television ad consists of a series of written phrases where some words fade away letter by letter. The ads, part of...
Telstra was recently forced to change its advertisements for the Next G mobile phone network after the consumer watchdog said that the advertisement was misleading. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has considered Telstra’s...
This billboard advertisement attracted fierce criticism from Jewish community, which was launched to promote New Zealand's Hell pizza chain, known for its bizarre advertising campaigns. However, following the controversy the firm decided to scrap...
The British advertising watchdog has rejected complaints over a ‘distressing’ advertisement about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, which was shown before a children's film. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) had received 23 complaints...
UAE Telecommunications company du decided to pull off the air a radio promotional advertisement in Dubai following a complaint by a British national. The English man alleged that the advertisement featuring a man ordering fish and chips to the...
Intel has recently pulled this print advertisement when people raised furor over it for being offensive. The ad meant for promoting a new generation of micro-processors, featured six black sprinters bent down in the start position in front a white...
Yoplait had launched this contentious poster advertisement campaign in Ireland to strengthen its brand name. The advertisement titled, ‘Everybody’ had been subject of objections. The poster advertisement has featured a picture of the upper half of a...
These poster advertisements were launched in the state of Guerrero with a view to stop unethical sell of to stop sea turtles' eggs purportedly with qualities to intensify sexual desire. The advertisements were launched by the San...
The Advertising Standards Authority of UK has started an inquiry into Virgin Media after receiving complaints that that its advertising campaign titled ‘Truth, Lies and Broadband’ is misleading consumers. The ASA had received several complaints...
This controversial poster advertisement was meant for promoting Tiger Beer, which attracted several complaints in Ireland. The advertisement titled, ‘By the neck’ has shown a man stretched backward and naked from the waist up and a female...
The Advertising Standards Authority of UK rapped the German company Beiersdorf for airing television advertisement for Nivea’s DNAge for being misleading. The advertisement claimed that the face cream in the question increased cell renewal....
The L’Oreal television and magazine advertisement, featuring Penelope Cruz claiming that women could have up to 60 percent longer eyelashes with its Telescopic mascara and showed her applying the mascara to some gorgeous lashes, landed in...
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