Marketers that Get Coal in Their 2020 Holiday Stocking

Find out which companies (and people) are on TINA.org’s 2020 naughty list for deceptive marketing.

Market America Takes Down Deceptive Income Claims in Response to TINA.org

MADISON, CONN. November 2, 2020 A truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) investigation has found hundreds of atypical and exaggerated income claims made by multilevel marketing company Market America on its website and social…

Alani Nu Balance

Supplement company says product is not a “fertility supplement.” Its marketing says otherwise.

Bitconnect’s Marketing Representations

FTC Brain Claims Cases Since 1995

Since 1995, the FTC has brought nearly 70 actions over deceptive brain claims.

Google’s Marketing of Pine-Sol

Savage X Fenty Deceptive Influencer Marketing

Iron Company

FTC spots potentially misleading made in the USA claims in company’s marketing.

DeVry University’s Marketing Representations

Chipotle’s GMO-Free Marketing

AriZona Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey

Ad Watchdog TINA.org Petitions FTC for Made in USA Rule

MADISON, CONN. August 22, 2019– Consumer advocacy organization, truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org), filed a formal petition today requesting that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) use its rulemaking authority to expand its enforcement…

2019 Marketing

AT&T’s Bait-and-Switch Marketing

Allegations: Misleadingly advertising monthly fees without disclosing certain fees

TINA’s Take: Juul’s ‘Make the Switch’ Campaign Violates Federal Law

TINA.org agrees with health groups that Juul’s current campaign disseminates an illegal smoking cessation claim.

UPDATE: Williams-Sonoma to Pay $1 Million to Settle FTC Lawsuit over Misleading Made in USA Claims

Settlement comes after TINA.org alerted FTC to hundreds of products deceptively marketed as American-made.

TINA.org Files Complaint Against Cancer Treatment Centers of America And Puts 42 Additional Cancer Centers on Notice

MADISON, CONN. October 23, 2018 – A yearlong investigation by ad watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) into the marketing of the top 50 cancer centers around the country that spent the most…

Juul

FDA zeros in on e-cigarette company’s marketing of flavors and their appeal to youth in an effort to curb underage use.

The Marketing for Welch’s Fruit Snacks

TINA’s Take: $9 Million a Day Lost to Cryptoasset Scams

TINA.org gets the scoop on cryptoasset scams at FTC workshop.