Advertising code now applicable to Facebook
By Sarann Buckby
Phatic Communications
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If you have a social media profile for your brand, such as a Facebook page or Twitter profile, buckle up because a landmark ruling by the Advertising Standards Board in Australia is likely to affect your online business marketing soon.
The Advertising Standards Board in Australia received a complaint that the content on the official Smirnoff (Diaego) Facebook page breached the Australian Association of National Advertisers' Code of Ethics. The complaints concerned content submitted by both Smirnoff and its' community.
In consideration of the complaint the board concluded that "the Facebook site of an advertiser is a marketing communication tool over which the advertiser has a reasonable degree of control and could be c...