Don’t Let Some Ads Get the Best of Your Pet

The market for pet-related products has soared in the past decade.  The American Pet Products Association (APPA) estimates that the industry now generates over $50 billion in sales annually, an…

How Ryan Kaji Became the Most Popular 10-Year-Old in the World

Belinda Luscombe, Time

Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat?

Anahad O’Connor, New York Times

Ryan’s World Star Ryan Kaji, 8, Named Highest-Earning YouTuber for the Second Year in a Row

Jen Juneau, People

Popular YouTube Toy Review Channel Accused of Blurring Lines for Ads

Tiffany Hsu, New York Times

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2021

Here’s what we accomplished in 2021 with your help.

Amazon Brain Supplements Database

UPDATE: doTerra Distributors Ordered to Pay $15K Each Over COVID Claims

Civil penalties follow a 2022 TINA.org investigation and complaint to the FTC.

Sprout Baby Foods

Allegations: Failing to disclose baby foods contain toxic heavy metals

Tea’s Tea

Allegations: Falsely marketing iced teas as “Slightly Sweet” when they are actually high in sugar

Green & Black’s Dark Chocolate Products

Allegations: Falsely marketing that products contain a specific percentage of cacao (the raw, unprocessed version of cocoa) when the ingredients lists show that the chocolate ingredient in them is cocoa…

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…

Roblox Accused of Deceptive Marketing In Complaint to FTC

Ad Age

Holle Baby Foods

Allegations: Failing to disclose products contain heavy metals

Whopper

Allegations: Falsely marketing products as “safe” and “sustainable” when the packaging contains substances that are harmful to people and the environment

Roblox is one of the biggest metaverse success stories. So why hasn’t it turned a profit?

Rob Walker, Fortune

Eat Good Fat

Allegations: Falsely marketing products as being nutritious and healthful and containing “Good Fat” when products contain high amounts of unsafe fats

FTC Digital Disclosures Comment

TINA.org submitted a comment to the FTC urging it to update its .com Disclosures guidance to help rein in deceptive marketing.

Nellie’s Eggs

Allegations: Falsely marketing that eggs come from hens raised in humane living conditions with access to the outdoors

Deceptive Ad Trends to Be Wary of in 2023

And the regulatory efforts that seek to curb them.