Ad industry needs to wake up to the reality of offensive advertising
The advertising industry shouldn’t be complaining to the regulators about what they feel is the consumer being overly offended. They ...
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The absurdity of advertising regulation
Right now, advertising regulation in SA applies only to companies and not to people. Which is absurd because both companies ...
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Viva! The Advertising Standards Authority is dead. Viva!
The ASA turned from being a regulatory body run by the advertising industry into a demonic bully run by a ...
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The insanity of advertising regulation
OPINION: I really don’t know whether they still do it, but whenever South Africa’s Advertising Standards Authority came under fire ...
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Proposed new powers for ASA to give regulator teeth?
South Africa has an effective and functioning advertising self-regulator. But it doesn’t always work as it should. The self-regulatory regime ...
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