Earlier this week, I attended the National Advertising Division’s ad law conference in New York City, where I heard two top Federal Trade Commission officials express two very different points of view ...

The European Union has informed Meta Platforms Inc. that the ad-free version of Facebook and Instagram may breach the bloc’s consumer protection laws. The CPC Network, a group of EU-based consumer ...

On Tuesday, November 7, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) held its Fall 2023 Consumer Protection Conference in Washington, D.C., welcoming representatives from 43 state AG offices, ...

Days after a privacy complaint was lodged against Meta in the European Union over its latest controversial shift of legal basis claimed for processing people’s data for ads, consumer groups across the ...

On May 1, the governor of Montana signed into law HB 114 which revises several laws related to consumer protection, focusing on unfair financial planning practices, insurance, and deceptive ...

A controversial move by Meta last year, when it switched to charging users in the European Union for an ad-free subscription to Facebook and/or Instagram unless they agreed to be tracked and profiled ...

Backlash over Meta’s ad-free subscription model in the European Union has begun just one month into its launch. On Thursday, Europe’s largest consumer group, the European Consumer Organization (BEUC), ...

As per the report, of the 1,609 influencer ads processed 97.3% required modification, with over 54% promoting categories prohibited by law or where advertising is restricted ...

The Korea Fair Trade Commission (FTC) has fined AliExpress and its affiliates for violating consumer protection and advertising laws, in a move aimed at tightening oversight of foreign e-commerce ...

Every state in the United States, plus Washington, DC, has an attorney general tasked with regulating, investigating and enforcing against noncompliant marketing practices. They’re known colloquially ...