Miku Pro

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing that software updates automatically so that systems will “always be ahead of the curve” when a software update in 2022 made the devices inoperable

IYOVIA/IM Mastery Academy/iMarketsLive

TINA.org investigated International Markets Live, Inc., otherwise known as iMarketsLive, IML, IM Mastery Academy, IMMA, or IYOVIA, a multilevel marketing company that sells, among other things, financial educational products, and…

Best Buy: Buy It Now with Confidence (and Questions)

The fine print of Price Match Guarantees.

American Airlines Free Checked Bags Program

Allegations: Misleadingly offering certain customers free checked bags when the airline does not program the terms into its software and improperly charges customers for checked bags

Registry Power Cleaner

Volkswagen’s ‘Clean Diesel’

German automaker agrees to pay $14.7 billion to settle deceptive advertising and cheating allegations.

Empower Network

Empower Network says it is a “blogging platform, an intensive training, a secret blueprint on how to earn fifteen grand per month” (Stop right there, this vague description of what…

Rosetta Stone

Allegations: Falsely advertising a “lifetime software download” of foreign language courses when it expires after two years

Ting Mobile

With the click of a button, a 90-day warranty shrinks to a 30-day warranty.

Wall of Shame

What do Tom Brady, Kim Kardashian and Dr. Oz all have in common?

Bitclub Network

Thinking about joining a bitcoin mining pool? Don’t pack up the covered wagon just yet — it may not be legal where you live.

Logitech Video Home Security Systems

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that its security systems would provide reliable home security and consumers would be able to view videos on their computers, smartphones, and tablets when the security systems…

Reality Check: TINA.org Calls on FTC to Address Virtual Influencers

Why the FTC should consider virtual influencers as it reviews its Endorsement Guides.

Kim Kardashian 2017 Database

Truth in Cat-vertising

Why are there so many cats in ads now, anyway?

Ripjaws and Other RAM Products

Allegations: Misleadingly advertising products as fast when they may not reach the advertised speeds

ASUS ROG Strix GL502VS and GL502VSK Laptops

Allegations: Misleadingly marketing laptops as suitable for gaming and video editing

Sonos CR100 Controllers

MacKeeper

Aliens: Colonial Marines