The FTC has proposed new rules that clarify what is and isn’t a deceptive online review — and would give it the power to fine $50,000 for each fake.
Those 10,000 5-star reviews are fake. Now they’ll also be illegal.
H/T: Steve Lehto
Tag: false advertising
Steve Bannon Is Neck-Deep in Guo Wengui’s Allegedly Fraudulent Business Empire
Federal investigators have asked witnesses about Bannon’s connections to the far-right mogul.
Steve Bannon Is Neck-Deep in Guo Wengui’s Allegedly Fraudulent Business Empire (archived)
Previously:
MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Charged in $1 Billion Fraud Scheme
Steve Bannon’s wealthy patron “led a complex conspiracy to defraud thousands of his online followers,” federal prosecutors allege.
MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Charged in $1 Billion Fraud Scheme (archived)
A Supplement Company ‘Hijacked’ Its Amazon Reviews to Boost Sales, According to the FTC
Via ”review hijacking” Bountiful Co. used highly rated, well established products like this with “#1 Best Seller” badges to boost the sale of other, tangentially related supplements.
A Supplement Company ‘Hijacked’ Its Amazon Reviews to Boost Sales, According to the FTC
Tesla’s Promise of a Fully Self-Driving Car Merely an ‘Aspirational Goal,’ Lawyers Say
Tesla’s lawyers argued in a brief filed last month that, even though the company’s CEO promised fully self-driving cars for the last nine years and failed to deliver, no fraud was perpetrated against owners.
Tesla’s Promise of a Fully Self-Driving Car Merely an ‘Aspirational Goal,’ Lawyers Say
H/T: Steve Lehto
Google Maps Is Misleading Users Searching For Abortion Clinics…And The GOP Is Threatening The Company If It Fixes That
Related:
Google Maps Regularly Misleads People Searching for Abortion Clinics
“When my partner left the room, I mentioned that I was in an abusive relationship,” said Chey, who asked that her full name be withheld for medical privacy reasons. The staff working at the CPC said that was all the more reason to have the baby. “They told me that carrying a pregnancy could help repair my relationship, that it would cause my partner to step up as a man, and that I would find purpose in life again.”
Domestic Violence And Pregnancy
Pregnant and recently pregnant women are more likely to be victims of homicide than any other cause of death.
A significant proportion of all female homicide victims are killed by their intimate partners.
Domestic violence during pregnancy puts your life and the life of your baby at risk.
Domestic violence is the number one cause of injury to women.
Abusive partners do not stop their violence after the baby is born.
Abusive partners do not become good fathers after the baby is born.
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