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The United States federal government regulates advertising through the Federal Trade Commission [49] (FTC) with truth-in-advertising laws [50] and enables private litigation through a number of laws, most significantly the Lanham Act (trademark and unfair competition). Specifically, under Section 43(a), false advertising is an actionable civil ...
As a result of these criticisms, the advertising industry has seen low approval rates in surveys and negative cultural portrayals. [3] Criticism of advertising is closely linked with criticism of media and often interchangeable. Critics can refer to advertising's: audio-visual aspects (cluttering of public spaces and airwaves)
Deceptive advertising is any statement by an advertiser that is false or misleading, or that does not adequately identify itself as an advertisement. According to the United States Federal Trade Commission : "A basic truth-in-advertising principle is that it's deceptive to mislead consumers about the commercial nature of content.
The suit was one of several false advertising lawsuits filed recently against fast food companies by New York attorney James Kelly. A message seeking comment from Kelly was left Tuesday by The ...
Wendy’s and McDonald’s have emerged victorious from a lawsuit that accused the fast food chains of false advertising.. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against the two companies ...
The New Jersey Supreme Court handed a victory to both the plaintiffs and advocates of truth in advertising this week when it ruled that lawsuits against the maker of dietary supplement Relacore ...
The motivation for photo manipulation may be for pure artistic creativity or more nefarious reasons to deceive. Photo manipulation is used extensively in the advertising and fashion industry and has been the subject of controversy for its part in false advertising and promoting unrealistic images of beauty. [25]
A class-action lawsuit has accused Brita, the popular water filter company, of false advertising.