#deceptiveadvertising — Public Fediverse posts

FYI: Fifth Circuit kills FTC's in-house TurboTax order - and threatens its enforcement model: A federal appeals court vacated the FTC's cease-and-desist order against Intuit over TurboTax "free" ads, ruling internal FTC adjudication of deceptive advertising claims is unconstitutional. https://ppc.land/fifth-circuit-kills-ftcs-in-house-turbotax-order-and-threatens-its-enforcement-model/ #FifthCircuit #FTClaw #TurboTax #deceptiveadvertising #Intuit

I literally can't stop screaming in my pillow about people who heavily rely on hashtags being dubbed "spam" by overbearing algorithms/moderation that shadowban a group of people broadly and randos with a personal vendetta (regardless whether an algorithm is present on a given social network or not)

when certain users engage in actual deceptive behavior like *checks the trending feed* claiming to give away free laptops/appliances and then not bothering to be transparent enough to reveal that the offer is restricted to academics living in a specific region (unless users actually click on the link and investigate the fine print further)

I really don't see how this is any better than those who post get-rich-quick schemes in the comments to multiple unrelated posts...

#Mastodon #Fediverse #DeceptiveMarketing #DeceptiveAdvertising #EngagementFarming

I literally can't stop screaming in my pillow about people who heavily rely on hashtags being dubbed "spam" by overbearing algorithms/moderation that shadowban a group of people broadly and randos with a personal vendetta (regardless whether an algorithm is present on a given social network or not)

when certain users engage in actual deceptive behavior like *checks the trending feed* claiming to give away free laptops/appliances and then not bothering to be transparent and reveal that the offer is restricted to academics living in a specific region (unless users actually click on the link and investigate the fine print further)

No better than actual spammers who post get-rich-quick schemes in the comments to multiple unrelated posts...

#Mastodon #Fediverse #DeceptiveMarketing #DeceptiveAdvertising #EngagementFarming

I literally can't stop screaming in my pillow about people who heavily rely on hashtags being dubbed "spam" by overbearing algorithms/moderation that shadowban a group of people broadly and randos with a personal vendetta (regardless whether an algorithm is present on a given social network or not)

when certain users engage in actual deceptive behavior like *checks the trending feed* claiming to give away free laptops/appliances and then not bothering to be transparent and reveal that the offer is restricted to academics living in a specific region (unless users actually click on the link and investigate the fine print further)

No better than actual spammers who post get-rich-quick schemes in the comments to multiple unrelated posts...

#Mastodon #Fediverse #DeceptiveMarketing #DeceptiveAdvertising #EngagementFarming

I literally can't stop screaming in my pillow about people who heavily rely on hashtags being dubbed "spam" by overbearing algorithms/moderation that shadowban a group of people broadly and randos with a personal vendetta (regardless whether an algorithm is present on a given social network or not)

when certain users engage in actual deceptive behavior like *checks the trending feed* claiming to give away free laptops/appliances and then not bothering to be transparent and reveal that the offer is restricted to academics living in a specific region (unless users actually click on the link and investigate the fine print further)

No better than actual spammers who post get-rich-quick schemes in the comments to multiple unrelated posts...

#Mastodon #Fediverse #DeceptiveMarketing #DeceptiveAdvertising #EngagementFarming

South Korea's Fair Trade Commission will revise guidelines to require disclosure of unproven substances in disinfectants and paid endorsements, strengthening consumer protection against deceptive advertising.
#YonhapInfomax
#KoreaFairTradeCommission #ConsumerSafety #DeceptiveAdvertising #GuidelineRevision #DisinfectantDisclosure
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=68318

#EU to investigate #Meta over #ElectionMisinformation before June polls

Brussels to act later this week against #Facebook and #Instagram owner over policies on #DeceptiveAdvertising and #PoliticalContent, reports say
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/29/eu-to-investigate-meta-over-election-misinformation-ahead-of-june-polls