September 2025 – 2025 opinion
2025: advertising ethics opinion on a poorly disclosed Instagram promotion
On 19 September 2025, Mmiisas published an Instagram video about a hairstyle provided by Sievä Helsinki, with the commercial disclosure at the end of the caption. Following a complaint, Finland’s Advertising Ethics Council (MEN) found that the post was not immediately recognisable as advertising and breached professional marketing rules. Opinion 72/2025 named both the business and the influencer; it was a self-regulatory finding, not a court judgment.
- State of the evidence
- Published primary decision of the advertising ethics body; the exact date of the opinion was not shown in the consulted record.
- Legal status — source text
- Adverse opinion MEN 72/2025 by a self-regulatory body; no court conviction.
- Attribution
- The paid-partnership disclosure on her own Instagram post was initially placed where it was not sufficiently prominent.
Sources · 1
- [1]Keskuskauppakamari – Mainonnan eettinen neuvostoMEN 72/2025 Tmi Isa-Maria Liljedahl (aputoiminimi: Sievä Helsinki)Official documentHigh reliability
Last verified: 7 November 2026
