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Regulators Go after Fake Reviews

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Regulators Go after Fake Reviews

After a yearlong investigation, New York regulators are announcing a crackdown on misleading online reviews.

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

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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…

Lawmakers Push for “Do-Not-Track”

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Lawmakers Push for “Do-Not-Track”

Marketers are watching you, but can you get them to stop?

Got Chocolate Milk? Industry Wants to Change Definition

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Got Chocolate Milk? Industry Wants to Change Definition

Diary industry petitions FDA over sweeteners.

7Up Agrees to Stop Making Antioxidant Claims

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7Up Agrees to Stop Making Antioxidant Claims

Company agrees to stop adding vitamins to drinks.

Five Questionable Pot Ads

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Five Questionable Pot Ads

First comes the legalization, then comes the questionable ad claims.

Is the New Cool a Smokeless Smoke?

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Is the New Cool a Smokeless Smoke?

All the cool kids are doing it, but are e-cigs a less harmful alternative or just a new way to get addicted to nicotine?

Can you trust an online review?

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Can you trust an online review?

In the fall of 2010, Todd Rutherford launched GettingBookReviews.com, a marketing service for self-published authors that provided book reviews for cash. Soon, he was making $28,000 a month writing reviews,…

Pyramid Scheme? The 7 Definitive Questions to Ask

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Pyramid Scheme? The 7 Definitive Questions to Ask

Know the answers to these questions to be sure that MLM isn’t a pyramid scheme.

What Extra Ingredients are in Your Natural Stevia Product?

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What Extra Ingredients are in Your Natural Stevia Product?

Ingredient labels can have surprises.

Big Tobacco to Set Record Straight on Perils of Smoking

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Big Tobacco to Set Record Straight on Perils of Smoking

Corrective ad agreement comes eight years after originally ordered.

Six Places Where the Olympic Ads Are

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Six Places Where the Olympic Ads Are

The uniforms, the phones, the names, and the hashtags.

Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry

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Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry

Ex-Herbalifer brings questionable lead generation tactics to Vemma.

Court OKs Ads that may Feature Child Prostitutes

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Court OKs Ads that may Feature Child Prostitutes

Washington State maintains that “all online advertisements for escort services are actually offers for prostitution.” Not exactly a stretch of the imagination, right?

TINA’s Take: Nerium’s Move To Disappear and Reinvent Itself as Neora

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TINA’s Take: Nerium’s Move To Disappear and Reinvent Itself as Neora

Different name, same inappropriate marketing claims.

Vemma Affiliates’ Health Claims Violate FTC Order

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Vemma Affiliates’ Health Claims Violate FTC Order

Top affiliates touting that products can treat everything from psoriasis to ADD.

Don’t Fall for Faux Navajo Jewelry

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Don’t Fall for Faux Navajo Jewelry

Though there are laws in place to protect artists and consumers from misrepresentation of Native American arts and crafts products, it doesn’t always protect buyers from scam artists. An investigation…

Doggie Fountain of Youth?

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Doggie Fountain of Youth?

Will feeding Fido Purina really extend his life? Better check the facts first.

Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash

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Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash

The 2008 sub-prime mortgage meltdown and resulting financial crisis means credit is not that easy to come by anymore. This forces some of us to have to look for alternatives…

Protect Your Assets from Estate Planning Scams

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Protect Your Assets from Estate Planning Scams

There are many different kinds of legal services out there, but there’s one kind that is particularly susceptible to deceptive advertising: estate planning. Estate planning protects your assets after you…

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Regulators Go after Fake Reviews

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

Lawmakers Push for “Do-Not-Track”

Got Chocolate Milk? Industry Wants to Change Definition

7Up Agrees to Stop Making Antioxidant Claims

Five Questionable Pot Ads

Is the New Cool a Smokeless Smoke?

Can you trust an online review?

Pyramid Scheme? The 7 Definitive Questions to Ask

What Extra Ingredients are in Your Natural Stevia Product?

Big Tobacco to Set Record Straight on Perils of Smoking

Six Places Where the Olympic Ads Are

Leading Nowhere: The Industry Within the MLM Industry

Court OKs Ads that may Feature Child Prostitutes

TINA’s Take: Nerium’s Move To Disappear and Reinvent Itself as Neora

Vemma Affiliates’ Health Claims Violate FTC Order

Don’t Fall for Faux Navajo Jewelry

Doggie Fountain of Youth?

Make Sure Mortgage Relief Programs Really Aren’t Taking Your Cash

Protect Your Assets from Estate Planning Scams