Advertising Standards Authority to fast-track takedown of misleading COVID-19 ads

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Advertising Standards Authority to fast-track takedown of misleading COVID-19 ads

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Supermarket shopper wearing mask, COVID-19 [photo: Nickolay Romensky/flickr.com]
At least 20 complaints have been received relating to COVID-19, mostly from the therapeutic industries [photo: Nickolay Romensky/flickr.com]
At least seven companies have been forced to change or take down advertisements referencing COVID-19 following complaints to the Advertising Standards