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3/26/2024 - National Advertising Division Recommends Naked & Thriving Discontinue Certain Claims; Advertiser Voluntarily Modifies Bare Beauty Babes Website
New York, NY – March 26, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division, as part of its routine monitoring program, recommended that Naked & Thriving discontinue certain claims in the Bare Beauty Babes blog and on social media.
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3/21/2024 - National Advertising Division Refers Claims for Spectrum Home Internet Service to Regulatory Authorities for Further Review
New York, NY – March 21, 2024 – The National Advertising Division has referred advertising claims made by Charter Communications for its Spectrum home internet service to the FTC and other regulatory authorities for review after Charter declined to participate in the industry self-regulation process.
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3/21/2024 - Following National Advertising Division Challenge, NourishMax Voluntarily Discontinues Certain Claims for its Diamond Infused Eye Cream
New York, NY – March 21, 2024 – Following a challenge brought by the National Advertising Division as part of its routine monitoring program, NourishMax discontinued certain advertising claims used to promote its NourishMax Diamond Infused Eye Cream.
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3/19/2024 - Following National Advertising Division Challenge, Mobile Fox Voluntarily Discontinues Certain Claims for Solitaire Arena Game
New York, NY – March 19, 2024 – Following a challenge brought by the National Advertising Division, Mobile Fox Limited discontinued certain advertising claims promoting its Solitaire Arena mobile app game.
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3/15/2024 - Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council Recommends PaperPie Discontinue Salesforce Member Earnings Claims
McLean, VA – March 15, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC) recommended that PaperPie discontinue certain earnings claims made by salesforce members on social media.
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3/14/2024 - Following National Advertising Division Challenge, Ginger Health Voluntarily Modifies or Discontinues Certain Wonderbelly Antacids Claims
New York, NY – March 14, 2024 – Following a National Advertising Division challenge Ginger Health Company (Wonderbelly) voluntarily modified certain claims for its Wonderbelly Antacids and voluntarily agreed to discontinue certain challenged claims.
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3/07/2024 - National Advertising Division Finds Certain Claims for Biossance Skincare Products Supported; Recommends Amyris Clean Beauty Modify or Discontinue Others
New York, NY – March 7, 2024 – The National Advertising Division determined that Amyris Clean Beauty provided a reasonable basis for certain claims, but recommended that Amyris modify or discontinue others, such as the claim “Clean ingredients and clean formulas" and “keeping 2 million sharks every year safe from liver harvesting.”
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3/06/2024 - In Reopened Case, National Advertising Division Recommends Dakota Nutrition Discontinue Certain Dietary Supplement Claims
New York, NY – March 6, 2024 – In a reopened case, the National Advertising Division recommended that Dakota Nutrition discontinue challenged express and implied claims that its Extra Strength Elderberry 3-in-1 Immune Booster Capsules, Extra Strength Elderberry Gummies, and Immune Defense 7-in-1 Immune Booster Capsules (Elderberry Supplements) contain the ingredient elderberry.
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3/05/2024 - BBB National Programs’ Privacy Watchdogs Ensure Azerion’s Compliance with Digital Advertising and Children’s Privacy Best Practices
McLean, VA – March 5, 2024 - The Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP) and Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) worked with Azerion Group to bring its gaming website, agame.com, into compliance with the DAA IBA Principles, CARU’s Advertising and Privacy Guidelines, and COPPA.
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2/27/2024 - National Advertising Division Recommends Smarter Reviews, a Product Review Site, Discontinue or Modify its Rankings and Review Format
New York, NY – February 27, 2024 – The National Advertising Division recommended that product review site, Smarter Reviews discontinue its rankings and reviews format, or modify its advertising to avoid conveying a message that the review and rankings webpages and the reviews and rankings themselves are unbiased, genuine, and independent.
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2/26/2024 - Following National Advertising Division Challenge by Bic USA, Calico Voluntarily Discontinues Claims for Scripto Aim ‘n Flame MAX Lighter
New York, NY – February 26, 2024 – Following a BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division challenge brought by Bic USA, Calico Brands discontinued claims that its Scripto® Aim ‘n Flame® MAX Lighter is the “#1 Selling Multi-Purpose Lighter.” -
2/22/2024 - National Advertising Division Recommends Stihl Discontinue Unqualified “Made in America” Claims for Outdoor Power Equipment
New York, NY – February 22, 2024 – The National Advertising Division recommended that, in connection with its outdoor power equipment, Stihl Incorporated discontinue its unqualified “Made in America” claims and modify its “Made in America” claims to make clear that not all of its products are made in the United States and that not all of the parts of those products are from the United States.
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2/21/2024 - Following National Advertising Division Recommendation, Charter Agrees to Modify Spectrum Mobile Cost Savings Claim
New York, NY – February 21, 2024 – In a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge, the National Advertising Division recommended that Charter Communications discontinue the claim that Verizon customers will “save over $1,500 in their first year” if they switch to Spectrum Mobile or modify the claim by adding or improving certain disclosures.
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2/15/2024 - Following National Advertising Division Challenge, MOSH Voluntarily Discontinues Certain Claims for Mosh Protein Bars
New York, NY – February 15, 2024 – Following a National Advertising Division challenge as part of its routine monitoring program, MOSH PBC discontinued certain advertising claims used to promote its Mosh Protein Bars.
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2/13/2024 - In NAD Fast-Track SWIFT Case, Performance Designed Products LLC Voluntarily Modifies or Discontinues Claims for Motion Supported Game Controllers
New York, NY – February 13, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division closed a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge initiated by ACCO Brands regarding advertising by Performance Designed Products for certain game controller claims.
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2/08/2024 - National Advertising Division Recommends Kimberly-Clark Discontinue Huggies “#1 Best Fitting Diaper” Claims and Modify Others
New York, NY – February 8, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division recommended that Kimberly-Clark discontinue claims that Huggies is the “#1 Best Fitting Diaper” and modify its advertising to, among other things, avoid conveying that its diapers have a superior fit over all diapers on the market.
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2/08/2024 - National Advertising Review Board Recommends Mint Mobile Discontinue or Modify Certain Claims for its Wireless Service
New York, NY – February 8, 2024 – A panel of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB) recommended that Mint Mobile modify or discontinue cost-per-month pricing promos, discontinue the “cut out the cost of retail service and passed those sweet savings directly to you” claim, and discontinue disparaging social media posts.
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2/06/2024 - Privacy Watchdog Ensures Indeed and Glassdoor Adhere to Digital Advertising Privacy Best Practices
McLean, VA – February 6, 2024 - BBB National Programs’ Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP) has brought job search platform Indeed and employer-review platform Glassdoor into compliance with the Digital Advertising Alliance’s (DAA) Self-Regulatory Principles for online interest-based advertising (IBA).
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2/05/2024 - National Advertising Review Board Recommends Comcast Discontinue Use of “10G” When Referring to the Name of its Network
New York, NY – February 5, 2024 – A panel of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB) recommended that Comcast discontinue use of the term 10G in the product service name “Xfinity 10G Network” and when 10G is used descriptively to describe the Xfinity network.
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2/01/2024 - National Advertising Division Recommends BA Sports Nutrition Discontinue Its “The Rehydration Champ is Here” Claim
New York, NY – February 1, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division recommended that BA Sports Nutrition discontinue the claim “The Rehydration Champ is Here” for its BodyArmor Flash I.V. Sports Drink.
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Latest Decisions
National Advertising Division Recommends Naked & Thriving Discontinue Certain Claims; Advertiser Voluntarily Modifies Bare Beauty Babes Website
New York, NY – March 26, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division, as part of its routine monitoring program, recommended that Naked & Thriving discontinue certain claims in the Bare Beauty Babes blog and on social media.
National Advertising Division Refers Claims for Spectrum Home Internet Service to Regulatory Authorities for Further Review
New York, NY – March 21, 2024 – The National Advertising Division has referred advertising claims made by Charter Communications for its Spectrum home internet service to the FTC and other regulatory authorities for review after Charter declined to participate in the industry self-regulation process.
Following National Advertising Division Challenge, NourishMax Voluntarily Discontinues Certain Claims for its Diamond Infused Eye Cream
New York, NY – March 21, 2024 – Following a challenge brought by the National Advertising Division as part of its routine monitoring program, NourishMax discontinued certain advertising claims used to promote its NourishMax Diamond Infused Eye Cream.
Following National Advertising Division Challenge, Mobile Fox Voluntarily Discontinues Certain Claims for Solitaire Arena Game
New York, NY – March 19, 2024 – Following a challenge brought by the National Advertising Division, Mobile Fox Limited discontinued certain advertising claims promoting its Solitaire Arena mobile app game.