Category: Industry News

CAP – Advertising a whisky cask investment? Distill our advice to make sure ads reflect both the spirit and letter of the Code

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Advertising a whisky cask investment? Distill our advice to make sure ads reflect both the spirit and letter of the Code. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. With the growth of alternative investments, has come interest in buying whisky casks: the simple idea being that the cask is held in storage, for what can be…

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CAP – Alcohol alternatives – new rules and guidance

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Alcohol alternatives – new rules and guidance. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Following a public consultation earlier this year, CAP has announced new rules on alcohol alternative product advertising which will come into force on 14 May 2024. These rules are accompanied by detailed guidance to help advertisers understand where the ASA Council is…

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CAP – Making sure your employment ads are a job well done

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Making sure your employment ads are a job well done. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. Job hunting is stressful at the best of times and it isn’t helped by job ads that aren’t truthful about a role. Think how much harder it is if applicants can’t fully trust the job vacancies they see.  Here…

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ASA – Using AI to monitor the promotion of prescription-only medicines

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Using AI to monitor the promotion of prescription-only medicines. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. The ASA is using AI to help us stop thousands of illegal ads for prescription-only medicines on social media. Our systems take advantage of recent advances in machine learning, specifically “large language models” (LLMs), to accurately identify posts that break…

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ASA – Scam ads online: 2023 update on our Scam Ad Alert system

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA/CAP have released a post called: Scam ads online: 2023 update on our Scam Ad Alert system. I have enclosed the text of the link below, but please have a look at the ASA/CAP site as there are lots of things of interest to anyone with an interest in Ethical Marketing. The ASA operates the Scam Ad Alert system in partnership with major online ad and social media platforms to help tackle scam ads online. This is an update on scams trends we’ve observed from the scam ads that…

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