Not So Sweet: The Deceptive Marketing of Candy

Sometimes the trick is the treat.

Consumer advocacy groups want Walmart’s Roblox game audited for ‘stealth marketing’ to kids

Sarah Perez, TechCrunch

Will Prevagen’s Deceptive Advertising Ever End?

Eight years after TINA.org alerted regulators, supplement ads continue to convey deceptive and misleading memory improvement claims.

Colgate Toothpaste Tube Marketing

Trial Court Rules Neora Is Not a Pyramid Scheme

But the majority of brand partners will still lose money.

72SOLD

What to know about this real estate company’s advertising.

‘Advergames’: how games platform Roblox became a corporate marketing playground

Callum Bains, THe Guardian

So You Say Your MLM Offers “Supplemental Income” – What Does That Mean?

Exploring the MLM industry’s latest pivot.

TINA.org Files FTC & FDA Complaints Against Menopause Supplement Brands

An investigation into the menopause supplement industry by consumer advocacy organization truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has revealed a hotbed of deceptive advertising. The ad watchdog has amassed nearly 2,000 examples of problematic health…

Court Order Forces Prevagen to Scrub Memory-Improvement Claims

MADISON, CONN. Dec. 12, 2024— In a win for consumers, a court has ordered Quincy Bioscience to stop advertising Prevagen using memory-improvement claims. This follows a near-decade-long campaign by the…

What You Should Know about Bulletproof School Supplies

TINA.org examines holes in “bulletproof” product claims.

CATrends: Deceptive Influencer Marketing

It’s a hot sponcon summer.

Prevagen May Have Memory Problems

TINA.org continues to support FTC, New York in federal court.

Fortune Hi-Tech Operators Banned from MLMs

Kentucky company agrees to pay $7 million to settle pyramid scheme charges.

Exposing Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes

Here’s a list of some key cases.

Consumer Alert: ‘Made in USA’ Cars

Exercise caution when car ads say ‘made’ or ‘built’ in the U.S.

Vinotemp Wine Coolers

FTC publishes first closing letters since Made in USA Labeling Rule went into effect in August.

UNATION Jacksonville (aka @stufftodoinjacksonville)

For-profit marketing firm masquerades as a “community organization” on Instagram.

Thermofight

Allegations: Deceptively marketing Thermofight

FabKids Deceptive Influencer Marketing