Ad Watchdog TINA.org Investigates BBB Ratings

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Ad Watchdog TINA.org Investigates BBB Ratings

MADISON, CONN. February 7, 2017 – The Better Business Bureau (BBB) advises consumers to “look for the seal” of accreditation and “Trust BBB Accredited Businesses,” portraying companies in good standing with the…

TINA.org Investigation Reveals MLM Industry Rife with Illegal Health Claims

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TINA.org Investigation Reveals MLM Industry Rife with Illegal Health Claims

MADISON, CONN. November 7, 2016 – Calling into question the Direct Selling Association’s commitment to consumer protection, a truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) investigation has revealed that 97 percent of DSA member companies…

Glucosamine Settlement Offers Little Relief According to Ad Watchdog TINA.org

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Glucosamine Settlement Offers Little Relief According to Ad Watchdog TINA.org

Supplement Deceptively Marketed to Consumers Nationwide MADISON, CONN., November 19, 2014 — Three of the nation’s largest retailers, Walmart, Supervalu, and Walgreens, are misleading consumers through the promotion and labeling…

Ad Watchdog Launches Its Own Campaign

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Ad Watchdog Launches Its Own Campaign

“The truth’s not always easy, but in advertising, it’s the law,” says truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) MADISON, Conn., March 24, 2014— Non-profit advertising watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) today launched its first national advertising campaign,…

TINA.org Wants More Teeth in Class-Action Settlement

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TINA.org Wants More Teeth in Class-Action Settlement

Philips Sonicare Airfloss Settlement Doesn’t Adequately Compensate Consumers MADISON, CT., Oct. 16, 2013 — TINA.org (truthinadvertising.org) has filed a legal brief taking aim at a recent class-action settlement that compensates…

Illegal Pyramid Scheme Exposed by truthinadvertising.org

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Illegal Pyramid Scheme Exposed by truthinadvertising.org

Work from home, get rich, and vacation in luxurious resorts. That’s the promise offered by Washington-based Resorts360 Vacation Club. All you need to do is buy an expensive membership and…

How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World

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How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World

Belinda Luscombe, Time

How LuLaRoe Made Its Founders Rich While So Many Others Went Bankrupt

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How LuLaRoe Made Its Founders Rich While So Many Others Went Bankrupt

Megan Carpentier, Oxygen

Gwyneth Paltrow responds to criticism for plugging remedies linked to COVID-19

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Gwyneth Paltrow responds to criticism for plugging remedies linked to COVID-19

Francesca Gariano, Today

Covid-19 conspiracies are dividing the ‘clean’ beauty industry

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Covid-19 conspiracies are dividing the ‘clean’ beauty industry

Janna Mandell, The Lily

Brian Ross Investigates: ‘Made in the USA?’ Walmart Labels Under Fire

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Brian Ross Investigates: ‘Made in the USA?’ Walmart Labels Under Fire

Ariel Tu & Rhonda Schwartz, Law and Crime

Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?

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Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?

Anahad O’Connor, New York Times

Rihanna hopes fashion show brings ‘a little bit of happiness’ during pandemic

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Rihanna hopes fashion show brings ‘a little bit of happiness’ during pandemic

Zoe Christian Jones, CBS News

Pandemic Schemes: How Multilevel Marketing Distributors Are Using the Internet—and the Coronavirus—to Grow Their Businesses

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Pandemic Schemes: How Multilevel Marketing Distributors Are Using the Internet—and the Coronavirus—to Grow Their Businesses

Abby Vesoulis & Eliana Dockterman, TIME

Your Self On Goop

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Your Self On Goop

Madeline Kearns, National Review

Most Popular Ice Cream’s Legal History Isn’t So Plain Vanilla

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Most Popular Ice Cream’s Legal History Isn’t So Plain Vanilla

Julie Steinberg, Bloomberg Law

A supplement company is using conservative radio to market itself as a coronavirus defense and treatment

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A supplement company is using conservative radio to market itself as a coronavirus defense and treatment

Eric Hananoki, Media Matters

FTC Alerted to Savage x Fenty Sketchy Membership Fees

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FTC Alerted to Savage x Fenty Sketchy Membership Fees

Hazel Cills, JEZEBEL

Rihanna’s lingerie company accused of deceptive advertising

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Rihanna’s lingerie company accused of deceptive advertising

Megan Cerullo, CBS News

Rihanna’s lingerie brand accused of deceptive marketing by ad watchdog group

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Rihanna’s lingerie brand accused of deceptive marketing by ad watchdog group

Megan Graham, CNBC