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Agora Still Using Deception and Dark Patterns to Ensnare Seniors

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Agora Still Using Deception and Dark Patterns to Ensnare Seniors

TINA.org refers publishing giant to FTC for enforcement action.

Six Deceptive Ads Targeting Seniors

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Six Deceptive Ads Targeting Seniors

The new tricks targeting old dogs.

Advertising of Supplement Targeting Seniors Questioned

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Advertising of Supplement Targeting Seniors Questioned

TINA.org Joins with AARP in Objecting to Move Free Class-Action Settlement MADISON, Conn., March 12, 2015 — More than 46 million people suffer from arthritis, many of them elderly, and…

Agora (Monument & Cathedral Holdings)

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Agora (Monument & Cathedral Holdings)

TINA.org found Agora companies violating an FTC order with deceptive disease-treatment and financial claims, and dark patterns.

TINA.org Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

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TINA.org Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

MADISON, CONN. June 21, 2021 – Despite a $2 million settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in February 2021, publishing giant Monument & Cathedral Holdings, better known as Agora, and…

Reverse Mortgage Ads Can Leave Consumers with False Impressions

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Reverse Mortgage Ads Can Leave Consumers with False Impressions

Here’s what you need to know before you apply for a reverse mortgage.

Agora’s ‘Coronavirus Vaccine Survival Guide’

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Agora’s ‘Coronavirus Vaccine Survival Guide’

Guide has some surprising health advice based on its anti-Big Pharma marketing.

Agora Disease-Treatment Claims — 2021 Collection

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Agora Disease-Treatment Claims — 2021 Collection

The Stipulating Parties in FTC v. Agora Financial, LLC, et al. are violating the February 8, 2021 Stipulated Order by, among other things, continuing to market products (primarily supplements and…

Premier Care in Bathing

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Premier Care in Bathing

Company told to clean up advertising related to competitors and its own financing offer.

Agora Coronavirus Emails

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Agora Coronavirus Emails

Publishing giant seizes on Americans’ concerns about their physical and financial well-being.

Timeline

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Timeline

A brief history of deceptive advertising.

Will Prevagen’s Deceptive Advertising Ever End?

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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.

TINA.org Files FTC Complaint Against “Brain Training” Company Neurocore

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TINA.org Files FTC Complaint Against “Brain Training” Company Neurocore

MADISON, CONN. November 12, 2019 – Ad watchdog truthinadvertising.org (TINA.org) has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Neurocore, a “brain training” company with centers in Michigan…

Princeton Review’s ‘SAT 1400+ Guaranteed*’ Test Prep Program

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Princeton Review’s ‘SAT 1400+ Guaranteed*’ Test Prep Program

Note the asterisk.

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2021

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TINA.org’s Year in Review 2021

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

Sunrise Senior Living

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Sunrise Senior Living

October 2018: A federal judge granted the facility’s motion to compel arbitration of the named plaintiff’s (Heredia’s) claims and stayed the proceedings against her. The judge also transferred the case…

Companies Getting Coal in 2021

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Companies Getting Coal in 2021

Find out why New Balance, TikTok, Poland Spring and others make the 2021 naughty list.

Oversight of Dubious Brain Supplement Products Under Scrutiny

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Oversight of Dubious Brain Supplement Products Under Scrutiny

U.S. Senators question FDA, retailers about supplements.

Oakmont Senior Living

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Oakmont Senior Living

A class-action lawsuit was filed against Oakmont Senior Living for allegedly engaging in a scheme to defraud seniors, people with disabilities, and their families at its assisted living facilities in…

How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements

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How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements

The largest retailer in the world isn’t just turning a blind eye to the deceptive marketing of these products.

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Agora Still Using Deception and Dark Patterns to Ensnare Seniors

Six Deceptive Ads Targeting Seniors

Advertising of Supplement Targeting Seniors Questioned

Agora (Monument & Cathedral Holdings)

TINA.org Refers Publisher Agora to FTC for Enforcement Action; Investigation Reveals Deception & Dark Patterns

Reverse Mortgage Ads Can Leave Consumers with False Impressions

Agora’s ‘Coronavirus Vaccine Survival Guide’

Agora Disease-Treatment Claims — 2021 Collection

Premier Care in Bathing

Agora Coronavirus Emails

Timeline

Will Prevagen’s Deceptive Advertising Ever End?

TINA.org Files FTC Complaint Against “Brain Training” Company Neurocore

Princeton Review’s ‘SAT 1400+ Guaranteed*’ Test Prep Program

TINA.org’s Year in Review 2021

Sunrise Senior Living

Companies Getting Coal in 2021

Oversight of Dubious Brain Supplement Products Under Scrutiny

Oakmont Senior Living

How Amazon Promotes, Profits from Deceptively Marketed Brain Supplements