Tag: advertising

Health group takes aim at junk food advertising

A failure to take on powerful food and alcohol industries is costing thousands of lives in Ireland every year, a Dáil committee has heard. Around 35,000 people die each year in Ireland, three-quarters as a result of chronic illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia and respiratory ailments. On Wednesday, Health Promotion Alliance Ireland (HPAI) […]

PepsiCo bans mentions of war in advertising in Ukraine

PepsiCo has banned references to the war in its advertising strategy in Ukraine. Source: global coalition of civil society organisations B4Ukraine Details: The search for a new PR agency in Ukraine in the autumn of 2023 set requirements that prohibited references to the war in PepsiCo’s advertising activities, including: mentioning war, hostilities, aggression, military personnel, […]

Elon Musk throws more fuel on the racial fire burning down his X advertising revenue by weighing in on diversity debate about Black people’s intelligence

Elon Musk’s war against diversity hiring threatens to once again land him in hot water with advertisers. The self-described “chief troll officer” of ad-dependent social media platform X tempted fate on Wednesday after agreeing with a post that suggested graduates from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) suffer from lower intelligence quotients and therefore present […]