Surrogate Advertisements

The Union Health Ministry has urged the BCCI and the Sports Authority of India to take measures to prevent surrogate advertisements of tobacco and alcohol by sportspersons.

The government on Thursday cautioned all endorsers and social media influencers to refrain from promoting or advertising, including surrogate advertisements, of offshore online betting and gambling platforms.

India has asked Google not to display surrogate ads of overseas betting companies, a newspaper reported on Wednesday said, citing a source in the ministry of information and broadcasting.

Google has been asked by the central government to stop direct and surrogate advertising of overseas betting firms like Fairplay, PariMatch, and Betway in the country. Ads for these companies were showing up in search and YouTube, according to a letter reportedly sent to the company by the government last week.

The letter sent last week to Alphabet Inc's Google India asked the company to immediately drop all advertising, direct or surrogate, from betting platforms like Fairplay, PariMatch, Betway in search results and YouTube, the report said.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued two advisories advising private television channels as well as digital news publishers and OTT platforms to refrain from showing advertisements of offshore online betting sites and surrogate advertisements of these sites. The advisories were supplemented with evidence which contained dir...

Gambhir also said that most of the sponsorship money in the IPL these days is coming from fantasy gaming platforms and it will take a collective will from the board to stop the menace of surrogate advertising.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Wednesday directed advertising agencies to ensure strict compliance of guidelines on surrogate advertisements.

Concerned over surrogate advertisements on television and social media platforms, the government on Wednesday directed industry bodies CII, Ficci and Assocham and those related to advertising and broadcasting to ensure compliance of the existing guidelines.

The government has tightened norms for endorsers, including celebrities and sports persons, as they are now required to make material connection disclosure and due diligence while endorsing in advertisements.

The government has announced new guidelines to curb misleading advertisements and endorsers by banning surrogate ads, while imposing strict norms for those advertisements that seek to lure consumers offering discounts and free claims.

The statement also revealed that Amitabh Bachchan, after terminating his contract, has returned the money he received for promotional duties

After his appearance in a surrogate advertisement of Pan Bahar, a pan masala brand, Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan has stated that he was "cheated" by the company which kept him in the dark about the "hazardous" nature of the product.

A full-page advertisement featuring Bollywood star Aamir Khan in major newspapers on Tuesday has sparked a row, with parties like the Shiv Sena and the Congress alleging that it violated the election code of conduct and seemed to promote the ruling BJP in Mumbai's mega civic election. The ad was issued by an NGO, Mumbai First, urging the city to vo...

An FIR has been lodged against a tobacco company for alleged surrogate advertisements of its gutka and tobacco products on TV and radio.

The Union Health Ministry has urged the BCCI and the Sports Authority of India to take measures to prevent surrogate advertisements of tobacco and alcohol by sportspersons.

The government on Thursday cautioned all endorsers and social media influencers to refrain from promoting or advertising, including surrogate advertisements, of offshore online betting and gambling platforms.

India has asked Google not to display surrogate ads of overseas betting companies, a newspaper reported on Wednesday said, citing a source in the ministry of information and broadcasting.

Google has been asked by the central government to stop direct and surrogate advertising of overseas betting firms like Fairplay, PariMatch, and Betway in the country. Ads for these companies were showing up in search and YouTube, according to a letter reportedly sent to the company by the government last week.

The letter sent last week to Alphabet Inc's Google India asked the company to immediately drop all advertising, direct or surrogate, from betting platforms like Fairplay, PariMatch, Betway in search results and YouTube, the report said.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued two advisories advising private television channels as well as digital news publishers and OTT platforms to refrain from showing advertisements of offshore online betting sites and surrogate advertisements of these sites. The advisories were supplemented with evidence which contained dir...

Gambhir also said that most of the sponsorship money in the IPL these days is coming from fantasy gaming platforms and it will take a collective will from the board to stop the menace of surrogate advertising.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Wednesday directed advertising agencies to ensure strict compliance of guidelines on surrogate advertisements.

Concerned over surrogate advertisements on television and social media platforms, the government on Wednesday directed industry bodies CII, Ficci and Assocham and those related to advertising and broadcasting to ensure compliance of the existing guidelines.

The government has tightened norms for endorsers, including celebrities and sports persons, as they are now required to make material connection disclosure and due diligence while endorsing in advertisements.

The government has announced new guidelines to curb misleading advertisements and endorsers by banning surrogate ads, while imposing strict norms for those advertisements that seek to lure consumers offering discounts and free claims.

The statement also revealed that Amitabh Bachchan, after terminating his contract, has returned the money he received for promotional duties

After his appearance in a surrogate advertisement of Pan Bahar, a pan masala brand, Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan has stated that he was "cheated" by the company which kept him in the dark about the "hazardous" nature of the product.

A full-page advertisement featuring Bollywood star Aamir Khan in major newspapers on Tuesday has sparked a row, with parties like the Shiv Sena and the Congress alleging that it violated the election code of conduct and seemed to promote the ruling BJP in Mumbai's mega civic election. The ad was issued by an NGO, Mumbai First, urging the city to vo...

An FIR has been lodged against a tobacco company for alleged surrogate advertisements of its gutka and tobacco products on TV and radio.