Regulatory Watch: Advertising & Disclosure Risk – July 2026
Mid-Month Report – A monthly briefing on advertising enforcement actions with material implications for disclosure practices, litigation exposure, and reputational risk in collaber...
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Mid-Month Report – A monthly briefing on advertising enforcement actions with material implications for disclosure practices, litigation exposure, and reputational risk in collaber...
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In the before time, one Gay Pride Day Kraft posted an image of a rainbow Oreo cookie (sadly not yet a real product). Almost immediately, the group One Million MomsRead More
The Director-General of ARCON, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo, described the inauguration as a major step in strengthening regulation and compliance in the advertising industry.
In my previous essay I discussed the company side of corporate advocacy. As noted in the essay, in the before time the group One Million Moms called for a boycottRead More
As fake news, fake feeds and fake AI proliferate, Coca-Cola, Dove, Anthropic and other brands tried to leave a real mark in the first half.
— Most marketing agencies talk about scaling campaigns. Fewer know what to do when the campaign never gets approved in the first place. For brands in restricted, high-risk, or poli...
New resources and refreshed guidance reaffirm key principles behind the accurate use of 'sustainable', 'biodegradable', and 'carbon neutral' claims
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I’ve spent over 25 years in this industry, and I’ve staked the last eight of them on a simple bet: a business rooted in responsible practices isn’t at odds with commercial success....
In AI We Trust … ? Early AI image generators drew consumer backlash for obvious mistakes, such as spitting out garbled text or people with three nostrils. Turns out today’s AI crea...
Both ads were shown on TV.
Media expert Antony Young rounds up global industry headlines. This week, the UK ASA has banned an ad from Jaded for glamorising cigarettes. The post Around the World: Jaded ad ban...
You’ll Pay For This Ofcom, the British communications regulator, published a report earlier this month on best practices for countering platform ad fraud and threats to account int...
With a string of new legislation creating a patchwork of legal requirements, the group is attempting to establish an industry baseline, but implementation remains murky.
Google Ads adds AI disclosure labels for third-party creative. Learn how the new transparency requirements affect advertisers and campaign workflows. The post Google Ads Requires D...
The UK's advertising regulator has banned several online advertisements from Adidas, Uniqlo, and Calvin Klein after finding that their environmental claims could mislead consumers....
The Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) has commenced its 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Congress in Lagos, bringing together advertising professionals, go...
Sports sponsorship and in-store promos also to face greater scrutiny.
Ads by KFC, Uber Eats, Domino’s and Papa Johns were not banned by the watchdog.
Anti-advertising can have an impact, and brands need to be aware of it.
Daily Coffee News reaches a focused audience of coffee professionals, including roasters, retailers, traders, producers, equipment suppliers and other industry decision-makers. A s...
Adland has a PR problem and it’s costing us our future talent.
We pay tribute to 10 of the most unusual TV ad complaints made to – and dismissed by – the ASA in the last 12 months. Spend just a few minutes reading the decisions on the Advertis...
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