Sesame Place

TINA.org investigated Sesame Place as part of its larger investigation into deceptive social media influencer marketing. To learn more, click here.

The Children’s Place

TINA.org Finds Plexus Deceptively Marketing Supplements for Kids

Distributors deceptively claim products boost childrens’ immune systems and may even keep them virus free.

Product Placement

Products that pop up in movies and television shows are often there for specific advertising reasons.

Apartments.com: ‘The Most Popular Place to Find a Place’?

Company agrees to drop tag line.

Pittsburgh Technical College’s Job Placement Rates

School’s advertised job placement rates don’t tell the whole story.

The Children’s Place

We’re sending this ad to the corner.

Sales at The Children’s Place

Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts

The Children’s Place Discounts

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing discounts from artificially inflated original prices

Discounts on Children’s Place Merchandise

Allegations: Falsely advertising discounts from artificially inflated reference prices

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Have you ever been the victim of a false ad or a deceptive marketing scheme? Perhaps there was a time when a very compelling ad convinced you to buy a…

Roblox Criticized by Children’s Advertising Watchdog

Patrick Coffee, Wall Street Journal

MyPillow Sleep Study is a Snoozer

Counting up issues with study sure to be a sleep aid.

The Children’s Place School Uniforms

Allegations: Failing to disclose clothing contains polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

NourishLife speak (Lifetrients)

TINA.org investigated NourishLife (which later changed its name to Lifetrients) and found that it was deceptively advertising a potentially harmful supplement called SpeechNutrients speak by, among other things, claiming it…

InvestorPlace

Consumers looking to increase their wealth may need to look elsewhere.

Juvia’s Place Eyeshadow Palettes

Allegations: Marketing products as if they are safe to use near eyes when they contain synthetic color additives that are not safe to use around eyes

Corinthian Students Urge Officials to Cancel Student Loan Debt

Federal and state lawsuits allege that Corinthian Colleges lured students into debt with false advertising.

Six Places Where the Olympic Ads Are

The uniforms, the phones, the names, and the hashtags.

Take a Pass on Product Placement in “Hall Pass”

Why is a car the star of this movie?