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Lyft agrees to pay $2.1 million penalty after FTC says company made 'deceptive' claims about how much drivers can earn
The US Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against Lyft on Friday, and the rideshare company agre…
Lauren Edmonds
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Substantiate green claims with data, ASCI tells advertisers
Greenwashing was in the news last year when fashion brand H&M got embroiled in a scandal. It was al…
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Amazon, Walmart, and hundreds more companies were warned by regulators that they could face steep fines if they use fake reviews or other deceptive endorsements
Companies like Amazon and Walmart were warned they could be fined up to $43,792 per violation if th…
Sarah Jackson
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FTC sues Walmart after claiming that it deceptively advertised some of its products as 'made from bamboo'
The Federal Trade Commission alleged that bedding and towels sold by Walmart were described as bein…
Zahra Tayeb
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California says goodbye to junk fees — no more hidden charges that aren't advertised up-front
Californians will "no longer be surprised by hidden junk fees when buying a concert or sports ticke…
Kai Xiang Teo
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13 lawmakers have recently owned stock in TurboTax's parent company, which the federal government is probing over its 'deceptive' advertising for 'free' tax-filing software
Intuit has fought for decades to make it harder for Americans to be able to file their taxes for fr…
Brent D. Griffiths
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A man says Taco Bell's Mexican Pizza and Crunchwrap Supreme ads deceptively show menu items loaded with 'at least double' the amount of beef and other ingredients in a new lawsuit
A New York resident alleged in a proposed class-action lawsuit that Taco Bell created online ads th…
Azmi Haroun
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After India, US could be the next country to crack down on VPN service providers for deceptive data practices
A VPN is an online service that gives users more security when connecting to the Internet. Howeve…
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TurboTax's parent company will pay out a $141 million as part of a 50-state agreement over its 'deceptive' free tax filing
TurboTax misled customers, some of whom might be eligible for $30 checks as part of a $141 million …
Gabrielle Bienasz
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Tesla has been slapped with a $2 million fine in South Korea over claims it falsely advertised the range of its vehicles in cold weather
The range of Teslas drops by over 50% in cold weather, South Korea's anti-trust regulator said at a…
Sawdah Bhaimiya
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Facebook is cracking down on deceptive ads for porn and diet pills
"This is small in the grand scheme of things, but we want to [take on] the bad actors and find othe…
Mike Shields
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DC's attorney general sued Grubhub, accusing it of deceiving customers and exploiting restaurants during the pandemic
Attorney General Karl Racine said Grubhub used illegal hidden fees and "bait-and-switch" marketing …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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TurboTax owner Intuit was sued by federal regulators, who allege the company's advertising for 'free' tax-filing services was misleading
The FTC said in a complaint Tuesday that TurboTax's "free, free, free" marketing did not convey to …
Gabrielle Bienasz
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ASCI launches mobile app to check deceptive ads
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Standard Council of India (ASCI) has today launched India’s first consumer complaint mo…
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Altria sinks on report that the FTC is investigating whether Juul's marketing is deceptive and targets minors
Altria shares continued to fall later Thursday after Bloomberg reported an FDA investigation into w…
Ben Winck
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How 'deceptive' sponsored news articles could be tricking readers - even with a disclosure message
Wojdynski said: "I think the advertisers are well aware that they benefit from some ambiguity in th…
Will Heilpern,Will Heilpern
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A business owner who spent nearly $46 million on Facebook advertising says he's been booted from the platform without explanation
"The pages and accounts associated with this business have repeatedly broken our advertising rules,…
Allana Akhtar
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Rihanna's inclusive underwear brand is being accused of 'deceptive marketing' and luring shoppers into paying hefty monthly fees
"Once consumers are ensnared in the negative-option offer, they face two problems: using store cred…
Mary Hanbury
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Fox News isn't even pretending to be a news network anymore. It's time for consumers to force cable providers and advertisers to drop the network.
If more people called their cable providers to condemn Fox News, the network would have less power …
Nikki McCann Ramírez
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GETTING HIRED IN PR: How to land a job in public relations in 2020
Public relations firms have cut hundreds of jobs in the pandemic, but are still hiring in areas lik…