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The Federal Trade Commission handles deceptive marketing and consumer fraud
Long-form weight-loss sales funnels exploit urgency, fake testimonials and hidden subscription fine print to extract recurring payments; the best defenses combine statutory consumer protections (adver...
The materials supplied for this query do not include statutes, agency guidance, or legal analyses about laws that specifically require or permit online platforms to scan for and report child sexual ab...
Supplement marketing funnels commonly weaponize fabricated endorsements, fake “news” sites and manufactured testimonials to create the illusion of independent proof that a pill or powder works, a prac...
The Federal Trade Commission sends refunds directly by mailing checks or electronic payments when it has a reliable list of eligible recipients with current contact information; when that information ...
The FTC typically returns money to harmed consumers using distributions that are often pro rata—each eligible person receives an equal percentage of their documented loss—though staff can set other fo...
The Federal Trade Commission publishes several public data resources and interactive dashboards that let the public explore aggregated consumer complaint trends, Do Not Call/robocall reports, and tabl...