Who’ll Stop Celebrities From Unlawfully Shilling Shady Crypto & NFTs to Their Fans?

Matt Binder, Scam Economy

Roblox Revamps Its Ad Policies after TINA.org Action

Will it enforce them this time?

Doctor’s Best Natural Brain Enhancers

Allegations: Falsely marketing that supplements are “Natural Brain Enhancer[s]” that support “attention, learning, and memory” when scientific evidence shows that the ingredients in them do not provide the promised results

Balance of Nature to Pay $1.1M to Settle Regulatory Action over False Health Claims

Lawsuit alleged company falsely advertised that its “Fruits” and “Veggies” supplements could prevent, treat or cure serious diseases.

After IMMA’s ‘Breakthrough’ Convention, It’s Time To Break Up

Seven things TINA.org learned from attending MLM’s three-day event virtually.

Grand Canyon University

FTC lawsuit accuses school of misleading students pursuing doctoral degrees.

Carlyle’s Saw Palmetto & Other Supplements

Why these products may leave you wanting more.

Brillia

What consumers should know about this purported homeopathic product.

Smart Drops, ‘Nature’s Liquid Adderall’

Bogus report leads to unapproved health claims.

DoNotPay’s Marketing Claims

Allegations: Marketing itself as a “robot lawyer” that “uses artificial intelligence to provide legal assistance” when it is not a licensed attorney or law firm and it is not authorized…

Airbnb’s Travel Insurance Policies

Allegations: Failing to include an “assistance fee” in advertised insurance premiums and then attributing the fee to services that are already part of the insurance contract

Wells Fargo Bank’s Deposited Item Returned Unpaid Fee

Allegations: Failing to disclose that consumers will be charged a $12 “Deposited Item Returned Unpaid Fee” if a check they attempted to deposit bounces

Pennington and Kaytee Birdseed

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that products will attract wild birds when more than half of the mix is a filler ingredient that most birds won’t eat

Record Press

Allegations: Misleadingly sending attorneys spam emails with the name of active and ongoing litigation in the subject line when the emails were not about the litigation and were actually commercial…

Say What?

The best (as in, most absurd or fascinating) ad quotes of 2013.

Vitaminwater

The Natural Effect

Advertisers use the word “natural” on labels to attract consumers–whether it means anything or not.

TINA.org Takes Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop-y Health Claims to Regulators

TINA.org probe into Goop’s marketing reveals a plethora of illegal health claims.

CATrends: Where’s the Fruit?

How much of the real fruit pictured on the label actually makes it in these products?

Content Confusion in an Era of Fake News

Study demonstrates that effectively designed native advertising disclosures can decrease consumer deception.