Tag: Advertising

Google has been operating an illegal advertising monopoly, says the EU

Social media users reprimanded Gemini as ‘absurdly woke’ and ‘unusable’ after requests to generate representative images for subjects prompted the creation of bizarrely revisionist pictures. (Representational image: Rajeshwar Bachu via Unsplash)

European regulators threaten to break up Google’s ad monopoly; Google charged with violating antitrust law in how it operates its suite of digital advertising technologies.

ASCI introduces guidelines on manipulative online deceptive design patterns in advertising

Under sections of the MP Outdoor Advertisement Media Rules, 2017, the MP govt has the power to take action against the illegal hoardings. The rules also include provisions for penalties and offences. (Representative Image: Nick Fewings via Unsplash)

The guidelines will serve as a framework for businesses to design and implement user navigation and interface that put informed decision-making and express consent a priority.

Sandipan Bhattacharyya elevated to CCO, GREY South Asia

Sandipan Bhattacharyya has over 23 years of experience in advertising. Prior to GREY, he worked at BBDO and Saatchi & Saatchi in significant leadership roles.

In his new position, in addition to India, Sandipan Bhattacharyya will also focus on strengthening GREY’s creative offering across Pakistan and Bangladesh and provide clients with exceptional creative output to drive business growth.

Health and wellness influencers under scanner; Govt to release special guidelines

Byju’s wanted to exit its jersey sponsorship deal with the BCCI in December 2022. In the past, the ed-tech company spent millions of dollars on marketing and advertising. (Representational image by Christian Lendi via Unsplash)

Various ministries and authorities are working together to introduce special guidelines for finance (finfluencers), health and wellness influencers.

Govt to launch online dispute resolution platform: DoCA’s Rohit Kumar Singh

Rohit Kumar Singh, the former Secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs, has called out cab aggregators as "one of the biggest culprits" in the deceptive landscape of dark patterns.

In an interaction with Storyboard18, Rohit Kumar Singh, secretary of the Department of Consumer Affairs talks about consumer complaint registration and redressal process and impending health/fin-influencer guidelines.

Britannia and Schbang use Generative AI to create a fantasy biscuit land

The series continued with a post featuring a Ferris wheel of a life-size Jim-Jam biscuit. Britannia continued the journey for its viewers with a golden ticket to a Britannia factory. Reimagining Bourbon biscuits as an iconic landmark, the next creative will transport viewers to the tower bridge in London, made completely of Bourbon biscuits.

The creatives, which were unveiled on #WorldBiscuitDay, they were with the help of Midjourney and Adobe Firefly and further perfected by Schbang’s creative and design input.

Department of Consumer Affairs and ASCI crackdown on “Dark Patterns” in advertising

Majority of the violative ads were from the Home Care sector, where products claimed to be eco-friendly/ environment friendly, without adequate support data

The Department of Consumer Affairs and ASCI agree that there is a need for a framework that could regulate the industry in order to prevent dark patterns. Read on.