Sesame Place

TINA.org investigated Sesame Place as part of its larger investigation into deceptive social media influencer marketing. To learn more, click here.

The Children’s Place

Apartments.com: ‘The Most Popular Place to Find a Place’?

Company agrees to drop tag line.

The Children’s Place

We’re sending this ad to the corner.

Sales at The Children’s Place

Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts

The Children’s Place Discounts

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing discounts from artificially inflated original prices

Discounts on Children’s Place Merchandise

Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts from artificially inflated reference prices

The Children’s Place School Uniforms

Allegations: Failing to disclose clothing contains polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Facebook: the Place for Hard-Core Porn & Violence?

If you’re seeing porn or other disturbing imagery on your friend’s Facebook page, you may not want to unfriend him just yet.  But you will want to avoid clicking on…

Federal Laws Governing Ads

There are many federal laws that regulate advertisements in some way or another.

JWoww Instagram Database

TINA.org investigated 21 social media influencers who have received two FTC letters notifying them of their legal obligation to clearly and conspicuously disclose their relationships with brands when promoting products or…

SeaQuest Fort Lauderdale

Figuring out when this interactive aquarium will open is a quest in itself, as consumers complain of a bait and switch.

Cost of Transporting Honda Vehicles

Allegations: Failing to disclose the cost of transporting vehicles from the place of manufacture to the place of sale on the Monroney Sticker, in violation of federal law

Advertising Attorneys, These Ads Are for You

While these ads can be appreciated by all, they may strike a chord with ad lawyers.

HelloFresh

TINA.org found meal-kit company deceptively marketing “free” meals and using ROSCA-violating autorenewal subscriptions.

TINA.org Finds Plexus Deceptively Marketing Supplements for Kids

Distributors deceptively claim products boost childrens’ immune systems and may even keep them virus free.

Oversight of Dubious Brain Supplement Products Under Scrutiny

U.S. Senators question FDA, retailers about supplements.

Xtreme Nitro and Maxx Test 300

Want to see almost every suspicious weight-loss ad technique in one place?

Not Quite the Bargain

When a sale isn’t really a sale.

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