The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued fresh guidance to stop influencers from using their platform to sell products without making it clear that they are doing so.
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Mrs Hinch, who's real name is Sophie Hinchcliffe, has hit back after backlash from her latest home cleaning video. In the short clip, the mum-of-two showed her 4.6million followers how she cleans her toilet. But fans were left outraged when she didn't show the entire process from start to finish.
"People want to see you cleaning. Not just saying you've cleaned it," one person fumed in a personal DM to Sophie on Instagram.The influencer then shared a screenshot of her reply to the abrupt message, saying back: "I don't have time today to film and edit that sort of content I'm sorry. But my boys are not at nursery today as it's a Sunday and I want to be with them not editing content which can take hours x" Alongside the screenshot of the short exchange, Sophie also said: "No shade here at all but just a little reminder that you can't please everyone in life so don't pressure yourself to do so.
ESPECIALLY on social media. "I received a lot of messages this week saying 'I love it when you just chat on your stories Soph please show us around your home' but then I'll get messages like this that make me feel like that's my 'place' and that's how I should be working on here. "However the truth is as a busy working mum...I was just so pleased that I managed to squeeze a toilet clean!" The cleanfluencer, who last year moved into a sprawling £1million five-bedroom farmhouse in the Essex countryside with her husband Jamie, their sons Ronnie, three and Lennie, one, and pet dog Henry, added another inspirational quote underneath telling her fans "not to let people scare you".
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued fresh guidance to stop influencers from using their platform to sell products without making it clear that they are doing so.
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Instagram posts by cleaning influencer Mrs Hinch have been banned after she failed to make clear to her followers that she was advertising her own products. Sophie Hinchliffe, whose Mrs Hinch Instagram account filled with cleaning tips has amassed 4.6 million followers, posted a story on 7 January last year featuring a notebook filled with writing and the text: “If you’re a little mad like me tap here for yours.” Clicking the link on the story took users to the relevant product page on the Amazon website and the video ended with the front cover of the notebook which stated “Mrs Hinch Life in Lists” as the mum-of-two added: “In my own notebook of course.” The post attracted 34 complaints that it was not obviously identifiable as an ad for Mrs Hinch's own notebook.
Cleaning influencer Mrs Hinch has had Instagram posts banned after she failed to make clear to her followers that she was advertising her own products. The social media star, whose real name is Sophie Hinchliffe, burst onto the scene back in 2018.
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