Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones Facebook has apologised for rejecting a businessman’s advert designed to encourage black and Asian people to have the Covid-19 vaccine. Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones wanted to raise awareness about the importance of being vaccinated and shared a picture of him receiving the jab. But when he tried to promote the post on Facebook, it was […]
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Labour joins Facebook advert boycott over ‘hateful material’
Labour is joining the advertising boycott of Facebook “in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement”, one of the party’s senior MPs has said. Shadow minister Rachel Reeves told the BBC the party wanted “to express our concern about the failure of Facebook to take down some hateful material”. Companies including consumer goods firm Unilever […]
‘Cordless’ Dyson fan advert falls foul of watchdog
An advert for one of Dyson’s £400 fans has been labelled misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The video, for the company’s Pure Hot and Cool Fan, suggests the fan is cordless when it actually needs to be plugged in, it said. Dyson told the ASA it did not think there was “any reasonable […]
Contraception app advert banned by UK regulator
Media playback is unsupported on your device An advert on Facebook for an app that provides a natural alternative to contraception has been banned by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority. Claims that it was “highly accurate” and “provided a clinically tested alternative to other birth control methods” were found to be misleading. The Swedish firm […]