iPhone’s Water-Resistant Claims

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing phones as water resistant without clarifying the difference between water-proof and water-resistant

What Mobile Carriers Are Really Saying in Their Ads

Digging into the fine print and details behind four recent ads.

The Verizon ‘Edge’ of Deception

When a promise of big savings goes up in a puff of smoke.

GSA Advantage

TINA.org investigated the U.S. General Services Administration’s online shopping system, GSA Advantage!®, which supplies products and services to federal agencies, the District of Columbia, state and local governments, and certain…

MyPillow

TINA.org investigated My Pillow, a Minnesota company that has sold millions of foam-filled bed pillows across the country, and found that the company was making deceptive and unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims…

Stansberry

TINA.org investigated Stansberry & Associates, a subsidiary of Agora (aka Monument & Cathedral Holdings), and found that it was using deceptive testimonials to sell its investment newsletters. (TINA.org later investigated…

Peter Thomas Roth Labs Rose Stem Cell Products and Water Drench Products

Peter Thomas Roth Rose Stem Cell Bio-Repair Precious Cream

Cryo-Cell Cord Blood Banking Program

Allegations: Deceptively marketing that stored cord blood can treat at least 80 serious medical conditions

DrFuhrman.com Immunotect

From the continuing chronicles of supplements making outrageous claims: DrFuhrman.com pitched its Immunotect dietary supplement with claims that it could attack “cancerous cells” and had “anti-cancer effects.” The Council for…

DOJ Orders doTerra Distributors to Pay $15,000 Each after TINA.org Complaint

Complaints against additional distributors who hosted COVID webinars may be forthcoming.

FTC Brain Claims Cases Since 1995

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

Vemma Health Claims

Net10 Wireless Unlimited Data

As a reader pointed out to us, that’s a pretty significant asterisk on the “unlimited” claim.

Verizon Wireless’s May 2019 Mother’s Day Promotion

Mophie’s Juice Pack Plus for iPhone 6/6s

T-Mobile’s ‘No Contract’ Claims False, Groups Allege

Consumer groups call on federal agency to investigate marketing.

Bluetooth Hands-Free Phone Systems in Toyota Vehicles

Galaxy S4 Smartphone Battery

iPhone 4s and the iOS 9 Operating System