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WTF is this all about? :(

ASA ruling withdrawn

The Independent Review Process of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has looked into the ASA’s recent, and widely reported, ruling on Rangers International’s claim on football titles won by a liquidated club. The Review found that “it was a procedural flaw for the ASA to have relied on an extract only of a report sent to it by the advertiser”.

Further, the review process ruled that “there was also the risk of a substantial flaw of adjudication in the distinction that had been made between ‘club’ and ‘company’, especially in the light of previous ASA decisions about companies that change hands and the circumstances in which the new company could or could not trade off the reputation of the old company”.

The Chairman of the ASA, Lord Smith of Finsbury, has decided to reopen the ASA’s investigation into the case and to withdraw the published adjudication, which favoured the advertiser. Withdrawing this adjudication does not infer that a different outcome will subsequently be reached.

An interesting, and potentially critical part of the story, is that after the initial ASA decision was issued, the club’s web site noted that their submission to the process included information that a “panel of the London Stock Exchange” supported their claim.

The Stock Exchange subsequently appeared surprised at this assertion, so much so that the club promptly withdrew the claim from the web article.

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WTF is this all about? :(

ASA ruling withdrawn

The Independent Review Process of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has looked into the ASA’s recent, and widely reported, ruling on Rangers International’s claim on football titles won by a liquidated club. The Review found that “it was a procedural flaw for the ASA to have relied on an extract only of a report sent to it by the advertiser”.

Further, the review process ruled that “there was also the risk of a substantial flaw of adjudication in the distinction that had been made between ‘club’ and ‘company’, especially in the light of previous ASA decisions about companies that change hands and the circumstances in which the new company could or could not trade off the reputation of the old company”.

The Chairman of the ASA, Lord Smith of Finsbury, has decided to reopen the ASA’s investigation into the case and to withdraw the published adjudication, which favoured the advertiser. Withdrawing this adjudication does not infer that a different outcome will subsequently be reached.

An interesting, and potentially critical part of the story, is that after the initial ASA decision was issued, the club’s web site noted that their submission to the process included information that a “panel of the London Stock Exchange” supported their claim.

The Stock Exchange subsequently appeared surprised at this assertion, so much so that the club promptly withdrew the claim from the web article.

Link? Not on the ASA website so I think this needs.

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No link. I have "acquaintances" (being polite here!) of a different persuasion and they are winding me up about it. I'm in work at the minute and I haven't got the time to go onto the ASA website to check the authenticity, but they have said that's where they picked it up from.

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No link. I have "acquaintances" (being polite here!) of a different persuasion and they are winding me up about it. I'm in work at the minute and I haven't got the time to go onto the ASA website to check the authenticity, but they have said that's where they picked it up from.

Admit it, you like touching wanes?

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No link. I have "acquaintances" (being polite here!) of a different persuasion and they are winding me up about it. I'm in work at the minute and I haven't got the time to go onto the ASA website to check the authenticity, but they have said that's where they picked it up from.

But you do have the time to post it on here

email your mates and ask for the link

That will take you more more than a few seconds

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Infact the last update was a priests worst nightmare

ASA research shows children are registering on social media under false ages

26 July 2013

A new ASA survey commissioned to find out what ads young people see and engage with online, and whether those ads stick to the UK advertising rules, suggests that the majority of young people are registering on sites using false ages.

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