The tech giant was the highest profile company included in the latest raft of upheld complaints by the Advertising standards Authority of Ireland (ASAI). A complainant placed an order on its website for a laptop and was promised a delivery date in early May. They disputed that the use of the image in the article had been clearly intended to convey that the Old City was part of any particular country other than being a tourist attraction in the region”. The complainant “considered that the free trial did not give unlimited access, as indicated in the advertisement, and only allowed students to complete one module of a course”. The committee considered while the advertisement depicted a diploma certificate received by a student, that such an award would not be possible to obtain in 4 weeks.

Source: The Irish Times November 17, 2020 14:03 UTC