How to complain about advertisements

Legal analysis: advertising illegal behavior is the behavior that advertisers, advertising agents and publishers violate advertising management laws and regulations and other laws and regulations in advertising activities. This kind of advertising violation has a special complaint reporting channel.

If you violate the Advertising Law, you can complain to the advertising management department of the local industrial and commercial authorities by letter, SMS, WeChat, Internet, telephone or directly. Complaint telephone number 123 15 (of course, some areas have been integrated into 12345). If the administrative department for industry and commerce and the relevant departments fail to perform their duties according to law, they may report to their higher authorities or supervisory organs.

In order to protect complainants and informants and encourage social supervision, it is stipulated that relevant departments should keep secrets for complainants and informants. Whether complaining or reporting violations of this Law to the administrative department for industry and commerce and relevant departments, or reporting violations of duties according to law to its superior organs and supervisory organs, relevant departments shall keep the information and related materials of complainants and informants confidential.

Reporting and complaints through the above complaint channels and complaint platforms need to meet three conditions:

1. Have a clear reported party (specific name and address);

2. There are specific illegal business facts;

3. It belongs to the functional scope of the administrative department for industry and commerce.

Legal basis: Article 53 of the Advertising Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Any unit or individual has the right to complain and report violations of this law to the administrative department for industry and commerce and relevant departments. The administrative department for industry and commerce and the relevant departments shall open the telephone number, email address or email address for accepting complaints and reports to the public, and the department accepting complaints and reports shall deal with them within seven working days from the date of accepting complaints, and inform the complainants and informants.