Google’s AI Overviews

New AI-powered search feature produces misleading answers.

When Privacy Concerns and Deceptive Marketing Issues Intersect

Why TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed changes to COPPA Rule but pushes for more.

Tickets for the Empire State Building Observatory

Allegations: Failing to include its $5 “service fee” in advertised prices

Why is Walmart’s 13+ Roblox Game Displaying a COPPA Seal?

Only users who are 13 and older can enter Walmart Discovered.

Mrs. Smith’s Dutch Apple Pie

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing products as “Made With Real Butter”

FTC Seeks to Crack Down on Rampant Fake Reviews and Bogus Testimonials

TINA.org supports FTC’s proposed rule and suggests revisions.

Amazon Brain Supplements Database

The Proliferation of Greenwashing

As the FTC reviews its Green Guides, misleading environmental claims are rampant.

FTC Must Stem Tide of Junk Fees Pandemic

TINA.org submits comment regarding the need for a commission rule.

Fighting Back Against Fake Reviews

TINA.org files comment in support of proposed rulemaking proceeding.

Deceptive Marketing 101: Third-Party Certification Seals

Don’t confuse this type of marketing for a silver bullet.

Period Tracker Capitalizes on Post-Roe Fears

Stardust marketing claims out of this world

CT company Potoo Solutions helps Amazon spot bogus reviews

Alexander Soule, CT Insider

Studio Guti’s ‘1,000 Poses for Photography’ (Hardcover Not Included)

Expecting a hardcover book, TINA.org reader receives a link for a digital download instead.

Ad or Not: MyPet USA YouTube Channel

It starts with knowing who created the channel.

Misleading Health Claims about Vemma Still Flood Web

Push to remove unsubstantiated claims lagging.

Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

Cat Fight over Pet Food Marketing Claims

Purina and Blue Buffalo in legal feud over by-products.

Town Bank

Made in the USA? Come again?

FTC settles with Made in the USA Brand over certification seal.