Thousands falling victim to misleading promotion, often by celebs, through QR codes with the ads, ostensibly of sporting merchandise brands but redirecting to betting platforms, sources say.
A fundamental flaw of the DCB is that it conflates advertisers, publishers, and third-party ad solution providers as a single entity under the umbrella term ‘advertising services’.
Access Now & Global Witness, as part of an investigation, sent YouTube dummy ads with content about voter suppression, and misleading information on voting age, ahead of India's LS polls.
Complaints are the most common feature of readers’ mail. Much of this mail is still stuck on the same issue of partisanship—this suggests that we haven't moved on from historical resentments.
The tone of the ad marks a departure from the conventional landscape of sexual wellness advertisements. To watch a woman talking about sexual dissatisfaction is new.
White paper by Advertising Standards Council of India and law firm K&S partners highlights how practice of misleading product descriptions continues to plague ad industry.
The 2 ads, aired on Sony Liv during England versus New Zealand match, were earlier suspended by Advertising Standards Council of India following criticism for being 'disrespectful towards women'.
The high-entertainment IPL draws millions of viewers, making it perfect marketing space. But now, more than traditional brands, e-commerce businesses dominate the space.
Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder’s book on Operation Sarp Vinash shows why the Indian Army’s 2003 campaign to clear terrorist strongholds in Rajouri-Poonch still matters today.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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