[Hom-Media] ASA petition

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

Dear Colleagues
As you may now the Advertising Standards Agency under pressure and influence of those who are anti-homeopathy have been criticising web sites of homeopaths.
Please see the link below and sign the petition.
Thanks

Soroush
From: ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Karin Mont
Sent: 20 February 2014 16:24
To: ARH-Media@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Hom-Media] ASA petition
Dear All,
A petition has just started, to place pressure on Government to investigate the activities of ASA. If you feel able to sign, below is a link plus description. Please share far and wide.
BW Karin
There is a new petition on the government website about the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). This petition points out the failings and inadequacies of the ASA. Any petition that gets 100,000 signatures can be debated in the House of Commons. The petition is here http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/58269
- we urge you to please sign it.
e-petition
Advertising Standards Authority Ltd Investigation as Non-Govt. Regulator of Advertising

Responsible department: Department for Culture, Media and Sport

"We call for investigation of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Limited, non-govt regulator of advertising to include: legal basis of authority; public perception of legal status; independence; transparency; competence to rule on technical matters; right of appeal; as well as the appropriateness of sanctions imposed. It is a private limited company, a media industry association, but appears to act as a Govt body. Use of terms ‘Authority’ & ‘Standards’ in its name now have legal restrictions. It has legal sounding processes with no legal basis: rulings, adjudications, sanctions and compliance, implying judicial or statutory authority. No independent appeal process or external review/audit of processes/outcomes. Sanctions are imposed by online naming and shaming and use of Google Ads to actively promote rulings. These activities seriously damage businesses and reputations & are unjustified when the ruling is unbalanced or even undermines the authority of established Govt bodies."