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When Health Goes #Social: FDA Pens Proposal
The FDA has its concerns about Twitter; namely, how big pharma and others use the character-restricted platform to market its products. At the center of the issue is the challenge to communicate both...
View ArticleFTC Opts for Wait-and-See Approach on Negative Option
After seven years of deliberation, the FTC has decided that it will not expand its rule on negative-option marketing despite calls to do so by attorneys general in more than a dozen states and...
View ArticleNew Law Says You Have a Right to Gripe
Score one for consumers with opinions. California has enacted legislation – the first state in the nation – that prohibits non-disparagement clauses aimed at preventing customers from writing negative...
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Feds Force Shut Down of Bitcoin Mining Company
A federal court has temporarily shut down a company that failed to deliver products that it said would help enable the successful mining of bitcoins, which is a form of virtual currency that can be...
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Whose Settlement is Better For You: Vitaminwater or Red Bull?
Vitaminwater and Red Bull were both sued for falsely marketing their beverages as providing specific health/functional benefits, which allegedly induced consumers to purchase these drinks at a premium...
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Feds Settle with Dating Websites over ‘Virtual Cupids’
One of the fake, computer-generated profiles cited in the FTC’s complaint against an online dating service. The blue arrow points to the small symbol marking the profile as a “Virtual Cupid.” What’s...
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DraftKings, FanDuel Spar Over Ad Claim
UPDATE 11/10/16: DraftKings and FanDuel have both agreed to pay $6 million and change their marketing practices as part of a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Among other...
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Gay Conversion Therapy Called into Question as Fraud
Poster from Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays, a VA-based nonprofit that helps people with unwanted same-sex attractions. There are several groups across the country that can change a person’s...
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Ad or Not? Melaleuca’s Bright and Shiny BBB Page
This baby’s got everything: links to six company social media accounts; a Twitter feed featuring positive tweets from the CEO; and a note that seemingly attempts to shield this Idaho-based wellness...
View ArticleDoes Stocking Shelves = Product Promotion?
While online shopping continues to grow at lightning speed, last year a whopping 90 percent – yes, that’s nine zero – of all retail sales in North America still took place in brick-and-mortar stores,...
View ArticleStatus and Updates
June 22, 2020: TINA.org submits its comment to the FTC regarding the agency’s Endorsement Guides. The post Status and Updates appeared first on Truth In Advertising.
View ArticleSummary of Action
In June 2020, TINA.org submitted a comment to the Federal Trade Commission, which was seeking public comment on whether to make changes to its Endorsement Guides. The Guides, which were first enacted...
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TINA’s Take: Supreme Court Considers Whether Liars Can Keep Money They Stole
Editor’s Note: the Supreme Court is hearing oral argument for AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC on Wednesday, January 13 at 9:55 am here:...
View ArticleTINA.org Webinar: FTC’s Remedial Authority After AMG
On Monday, January 11, TINA.org hosted FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra for a presentation on “The FTC’s Remedial Authority After AMG,” referencing a case pending before the Supreme Court that was argued...
View ArticleTINA.org Executive Director to Testify Before Congress
On Thursday, Feb. 4, at 12 p.m. ET, TINA.org Executive Director Bonnie Patten will be testifying before Congress in a hearing that will be focused on ways to safeguard American consumers and fight...
View ArticleTINA.org Executive Director to Testify in Senate Hearing
On Tuesday, April 27, at 10am ET, TINA.org’s Executive Director Bonnie Patten testified before Congress in a hearing on “Curbing COVID Cons: Warning Consumers about Pandemic Frauds, Scams, and...
View ArticleIt’s Now Legal for Scammers to Keep Your Money
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision holding that the FTC does not have the authority to obtain consumer redress when it goes into court to stop scammers, TINA.org has launched a campaign...
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