CFPB Sues Sprint Over Phone ‘Cramming’

Wireless carrier joins AT&T and T-Mobile as companies accused of cramming this year.

Disclosures in Apple’s App Store

Allegations: Using ratings categories that fail to disclose that certain games use loot boxes

Huuuge Casino

Allegations: Misleadingly representing that games are free to play

What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling

Odds are you being good at trivia is not enough if you want to pay off your student loan debt with this app.

Ad or Not? Olympians’ Social Media Posts

Olympians stumble out of the gate when it comes to disclosing sponsorships.

NHL on ESPN+

Undisclosed blackout restrictions may prevent you from watching your team.

Solitaire Cash, Bubble Cash, Bingo Cash, 21 Cash, and Cookie Cash

Allegations: Misleadingly advertising that users play games of skill against other players when they are actually playing against computer bots that control the outcome of games

LuckyLand Slots and Chumba Casino

Allegations: Falsely representing that websites operate “social casinos” that are free to play when the games are actually gambling games where players wager and lose real money

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The Roblox Metaverse is Deceiving Consumers According to TINA.org Investigation

MADISON, CONN. April 18, 2022 – With more than 50 million daily users, approximately half of which are children aged 13 and under, the online gameplay and creation platform Roblox…

What Happens When Human Marketers Are Replaced, But Human Viewers Are Not

And why the problem is even worse when those human viewers are kids.

Most Deceptive Ads of 2022

Some of the worst ads TINA.org covered this year.

AT&T

TINA.org investigated certain marketing tactics used by AT&T’s Warner Brothers to promote video games. To read more about that investigation and subsequent complaint, click here.

Walmart

TINA.org investigations into Walmart have revealed that the retail giant repeatedly engaged in false and deceptive Made in USA marketing on its website, and used undisclosed stealth marketing directed at…

Warner Brothers

TINA.org investigated Warner Brothers’s use of online influencers to promote video games and found that the company was violating an FTC Order that barred it from misrepresenting sponsored content as the…

TracFone Failed Promise to Offer Unlimited Data Costs them $40 Million

Nation’s largest prepaid mobile provider settles charges it throttled customers.

Fake It Until You Make It

Learn how to spot fake reviews.

Laugh & Learn

CCFC has filed complaints with the FTC against Fisher-Price and Open Solutions for misleading marketing of “Laugh and Learn” educational mobile and tablet apps.

Forever Living’s Neverending Deceptive Income Claims

The MLM has been making deceptive earnings claims for the past decade.