How Life Works

This is not an ad alert for life in general — life’s not fair, get over it. But we at TINA.org are trying to make the ads a little more…

Lumosity

Lumosity will pay $2 million back to customers to settle federal charges it deceived consumers with unfounded claims that its brain games could help improve mental performance.

Mall Girl

The Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU, or the Children’s Advertising Review Unit, keeps tabs on advertising directed at children, and issues recommendations to advertisers when ads are deceptive or target…

Ty J. Young

Fixed index annuities are not all they appear to be.

TINA.org Pursues Complaints Against Kids’ Supplement

Truthinadvertising.org alerts federal and state regulators to deceptive marketing.

Children’s Supplement Deceptively Marketed

Truthinadvertising.org warns company it will take action.

The War Z Returns to Steam, Minus False Claims

Complaints about missing features prompt changes.

Masking Ads as News

The FTC has shut down multiple fake news sites.

New England State Tries to Ban Bait and Switch

Fish Tale: What’s in your sushi?

Testimonial Comparisons

Multi-Level Marketing v. Pyramid Schemes

Multi-level marketing (Multilevel Marketing – a way of distributing products or services in which the distributors earn income from their own retail sales and from retail sales made by their…

Foreign Beer May Actually Be Brewed Locally

Their ads entice you with visions of far-off lands, beautiful people speaking with accents, and the unique taste of imported beer.  But the reality is that it’s expensive to ship…

Guarantees

Watch out for loopholes in those guarantees.

Earth Rated Certified Compostable Poop Bags

Allegations: Falsely marketing bags as compostable

Vemma Health Claims

Company Outed for Deceptive Marketing of Children’s Supplement

A dietary supplement aimed at children with speech delays is being deceptively marketed by NourishLife, LLC, and may be hazardous to children’s health, according to findings by truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org). TINA.org,…

Truth in Advertising 2.0

A paradigm shift for TINA.org.

Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

The Rise and Fall of Vemma

What led this MLM to a $238 million dollar settlement?

Diamond Beauty Teeth Whitening Kit

There is no such thing as an ‘FDA approved’ teeth whitening kit.