Issue 86. April 2017.
A completely different beast
The Board has dismissed an animal cruelty complaint against a vehicle advertisement which depicted a car driving alongside computer-generated wildebeest.
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Board keeps abreast of complaints
The Board has upheld a cosmetic centre advertisement for suggesting that women’s breasts are comparable to cow udders, while dismissing complaints about images of women on a plastic surgery website.
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Metaphors and frustration aren’t violence
An advertisement which featured a woman breaking a window as a metaphor for breaking silence and another which depicted a woman hitting a vending machine in frustration were seen by the Board as not showing violent behaviour.
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CEO to attend international advertising event
Ad Standards CEO Fiona Jolly will attend the annual European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA) Annual General Meeting in Athens next month.
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