The National Party have lost an appeal to the Advertising Standards Authority over a Facebook ad ruled misleading and have been forced to delete it. The Facebook ad from the National Party concerned the Government's proposed "feebate" scheme and vehicle efficiency standard and was released in mid-2018. National appealed the decision and did not remove the ad from Facebook during the appeal process, arguing the ad raised "serious concerns of a high public interest". But the separate appeals board rejected this argument and upheld the decision to declare the ad misleading unanimously. "It's sad that this is the way the National Party is going."

Source: Stuff February 10, 2020 23:08 UTC