Category Archives: Truth In Advertising

Consumer groups urge FTC to investigate Google over location tracking

Consumer groups urge FTC to investigate Google over location tracking By Emily Birnbaum A coalition of more than 75 consumer groups is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate Google for allegedly manipulating Android users into having their location tracked …

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Goop Slammed for New Answer to “Deceptive” Advertising Claims

Goop Slammed for New Answer to “Deceptive” Advertising Claims By Katie Kilkenny The advertising watchdog that found 51 examples of false advertising on Goop’s website last year isn’t impressed by the lifestyle website’s new “coding system” for flagging which claims are supported by …

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FTC reaches $11M settlement with get-rich-quick scammers targeting Amazon

By Ben Fox Rubin The Federal Trade Commission has reached a $10.8 million settlement with two brothers who allegedly scammed prospective Amazon sellers for years with bogus coaching advice. Adam and Christopher Bowser, who live in Massachusetts, agreed to the …

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Oklahoma, Volkswagen settle suit related to deceptive advertising, attorney general announces

Oklahoma, Volkswagen settle suit related to deceptive advertising, attorney general announces By Jack Money Attorney General Mike Hunter announced that an $8.5 million settlement has been reached between the state, Volkswagen and related auto manufacturers in a case that accused …

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Brave New World: Ticketmaster to Roll Out Facial Recognition, Sparking Privacy Concerns

Brave New World: Ticketmaster to Roll Out Facial Recognition, Sparking Privacy Concerns By Elisha Brown Facial-recognition technology used to be the stuff of dystopian nightmares, but now your face may be used as a phone passcode or a concert ticket. …

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Dairy Report: Farmers Taking a Stand Against Deceptive Advertising

Dairy Report: Farmers Taking a Stand Against Deceptive Advertising By Taylor Leach Buzzwords, scare tactics and misguided advertising are just a few techniques food marketers use to get consumers to buy their products. Farmers, however, have had enough and are …

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Ban ‘hypocrite’ pre-mixed drinks, advocacy group urges committee

Ban ‘hypocrite’ pre-mixed drinks, advocacy group urges committee By Stephanie Fillion Having adopted amendments to the Food and Drugs Act that prohibit food and beverages marketed at children, MPs turned their attention on Monday to another beverage affecting Canada’s youth: …

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Bought Procter & Gamble’s Align probiotic? You could be owed some money

Bought Procter & Gamble’s Align probiotic? You could be owed some money By Craig Johnson Procter & Gamble recently reached a settlement in a class action lawsuit involving the marketing and advertising of its probiotic supplements under the Align brand. In …

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Chiropractor cited over advertisement

Chiropractor cited over advertisement By Seth Slabaugh The Indiana attorney general’s office has filed a complaint accusing a chiropractor of misleading advertising. Robert Kovacs paid for an ad in the Hartford City News-Times headlined, “Hurt by the other Chiropractor?” “By his …

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StarKist doesn’t point out it pays AHA for logo on label

StarKist doesn’t point out it pays AHA for logo on label By Lisa Fickenscher A consumer watchdog is weighing a probe into StarKist Tuna and its relationship with the American Heart Association, concerned that the pair have been misleading consumers …

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