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Cîroc

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Cîroc

TINA.org found numerous influencers deceptively promoting Diageo’s Cîroc brand on Instagram.

Beautycounter

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Beautycounter

TINA.org investigated Beautycounter, a California-based multilevel marketing company that sells cosmetics and skincare products, and found that it used unsubstantiated, and therefore deceptive, income claims to market the company’s business…

Vemma

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Vemma

TINA.org investigated Vemma Nutrition Company, an Arizona-based multilevel marketing company that sold liquid supplements, energy drinks, and weight management products, and found that it was operating a pyramid scheme that…

Stream Energy/Ignite

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Stream Energy/Ignite

TINA.org investigated Stream Energy, a Texas-based multilevel marketing company that resold electricity and gas to customers, as well as wireless phone and personal protective services, and found that the company…

SevenPoint2

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SevenPoint2

TINA.org investigated SevenPoint2, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it used numerous unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to promote its nutritional products, in violation of a 1999 FTC Order.

Resorts360

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Resorts360

TINA.org investigated Resorts360 Vacation Club, a Washington-based multilevel marketing company selling discounted vacation packages, and found that it was operating a pyramid scheme and using atypical and unsubstantiated income claims…

Arbonne

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Arbonne

TINA.org investigated Arbonne, a California-based multilevel marketing company, and found that it has deceptively promoted products with unsubstantiated health claims and has used atypical income claims to market its business…

Tesla

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Tesla

TINA.org investigated Tesla and found that the automaker is deceptively marketing its vehicles as made in the U.S. when they are actually assembled in the U.S. using a significant amount…

Electronic Arts

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Electronic Arts

TINA.org joined coalition urging FTC to investigate video game company’s use of dark patterns and other deceptive marketing tactics.

Warner Brothers

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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…

Amberen

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Amberen

TINA.org investigated the marketing for Amberen, a menopause supplement brand owned and marketed by Alliance Pharmaceuticals, and found that it is deceptively promoted as “clinically proven” to provide menopause and…

Equelle

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Equelle

TINA.org found supplement deceptively marketed as able to alleviate the symptoms of menopause.

TurboTax

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TurboTax

TINA.org filed an amici brief supporting FTC in case against Intuit regarding misleading TurboTax Free Edition ad campaign.

Perrigo Glucosamine

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Perrigo Glucosamine

TINA.org objected — as amicus curiae — to a class-action settlement that sought to resolve claims filed against Perrigo, as well as Walmart, Walgreens, and Supervalu, for falsely labeling glucosamine…

Stellantis

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Stellantis

TINA.org found Jeep, Dodge and Ram engaged in deceptive U.S.-origin marketing.

Ryan ToysReview

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Ryan ToysReview

TINA.org investigated one of the most viewed YouTube channels of all time – Ryan ToysReview (now known as Ryan’s World). This investigation revealed that the YouTube channel, which, at the…

L’Oréal

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L’Oréal

TINA.org objected to a settlement that sought to resolve claims filed by the FTC against L’Oréal for deceptively advertising its Lancôme Génifique and L’Oréal Paris Youth Code skincare products by…

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