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Mascara: Jeepers Creepers, Where’d Ya Get Those Peepers?

Mascara: Jeepers Creepers, Where’d Ya Get Those Peepers?

If you go by mascara ads that you see in magazines and on TV, modern mascara technology has evolved to the point of growing small hairy caterpillars on top of…

Smelling Your Path to Weight Loss?

Smelling Your Path to Weight Loss?

We all know that pixie dust sprinkled on and around your body can make you fly, so why not a magic tastant crystal that you sniff to lose weight without…

Touted but Toothless: The Problem with Some Tech Platforms’ Policies

Touted but Toothless: The Problem with Some Tech Platforms’ Policies

Prohibited content slips through the cracks.

Before You Take that Call Beware of Telemarketing Scams

Before You Take that Call Beware of Telemarketing Scams

Although legitimate companies may use the telephone to advertise their products or services, consumers should be wary of some who call trying to obtain your financial or personal information for…

Online Porn Can Give You a Virus

Online Porn Can Give You a Virus

Thank God for porn! No, really – did you know that many of the Internet’s innovative advances have been pioneered or substantially boosted by the $1 billion adult entertainment industry? …

2021 Reasonable Consumer Quiz

2021 Reasonable Consumer Quiz

See how you stack up.

Timeline

Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

Forever Living’s Neverending Deceptive Income Claims

Forever Living’s Neverending Deceptive Income Claims

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

Another One: TINA.org Calls Out DJ Khaled’s Undisclosed Alcohol Ads, Again

Another One: TINA.org Calls Out DJ Khaled’s Undisclosed Alcohol Ads, Again

DJ Khaled is back to his old ways with his latest new drink alert.

Consumer Alert: Celebrity-Promoted NFTs

Consumer Alert: Celebrity-Promoted NFTs

Exercise caution when considering celebrity-promoted NFTs.

Deceptive Marketing 101: Third-Party Certification Seals

Deceptive Marketing 101: Third-Party Certification Seals

Don’t confuse this type of marketing for a silver bullet.

Consumer Alert: ‘Made in USA’ Cars

Consumer Alert: ‘Made in USA’ Cars

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

House Approves Return to Deceptive Airline Ads

House Approves Return to Deceptive Airline Ads

Transparent Airfares Act of 2014 is anything but transparent.

TINA.org Fast-Tracks Team National’s Checkered Income Claims to FTC

TINA.org Fast-Tracks Team National’s Checkered Income Claims to FTC

The truth is — and the MLM admits — the vast majority of distributors make no income at all.

Speech Supplement Maker Referred to FTC for Ad Claims

Speech Supplement Maker Referred to FTC for Ad Claims

Competitor calls out supplement marketer on its claims.

Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay

Multilevel Marketing: The Day Job that Doesn’t Pay

More than 97 percent of DSA member companies use or have used misleading income claims.

Ad or Not? James Charles and Various Beauty Brands

Ad or Not? James Charles and Various Beauty Brands

Influencer gets FTC rules on disclosure wrong.

TINA’s Take: ‘You Can’t Interrogate an Algorithm’

TINA’s Take: ‘You Can’t Interrogate an Algorithm’

TINA.org attends FTC hearing on how to protect consumers from “informational injury” in the digital age.

Ad or Not? Kim Kardashian and Flat Tummy Lollipops

Ad or Not? Kim Kardashian and Flat Tummy Lollipops

Kim takes two steps forward and one step back in remedying her latest influencer marketing controversy.

MoviePass Slips Note in Terms Banning Repeat Viewings

MoviePass Slips Note in Terms Banning Repeat Viewings

Consumer says there was “zero indication” that the ban had been implemented or was forthcoming.