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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

New York, NY – January 31, 2024 – A panel of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB) recommended that Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 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. 

New York, NY – January 29, 2024 – BBB National Programs’ National Advertising Division has closed a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge initiated by Charter Communications, Inc. regarding express and implied advertising claims for Verizon Communications Inc.’s 5G Home Internet service.  

McLean, VA – January 24, 2024 – The Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council (DSSRC) of BBB National Programs recommended that Modere modify or discontinue certain earnings and health-related product performance claims for its Ova and Ova-m products. The advertising claims were brought to DSSRC by a non-governmental advocacy group (NGO).

New York, NY – January 11, 2024 – In a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge brought by Bissell, the National Advertising Division recommended that SharkNinja discontinue the claim that it is “America’s #1 Floorcare Brand” or modify the claim to state, as part of the main claim, that it is the #1 brand in dollar sales. 

New York, NY – January 10, 2024 – The BBB National Programs National Advertising Division has closed a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge initiated by Dyson regarding advertising by Shuye Technology Ltd. d/b/a Laifen that Swift, Swift SE, Swift Special, and Swift Premium hair dryers are the “fastest.” 

New York, NY – January 8, 2024 – The National Advertising Division (NAD) determined that in context, certain claims made by Old Trapper for its Smoked Beef Jerky are puffery. NAD recommended that Old Trapper discontinue the challenged ingredient claims to avoid conveying the message that they are using superior ingredients.

McLean, VA – January 4, 2024 - The Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP) brought LexisNexis into compliance with the DAA Self-Regulatory Principles for online interest-based advertising (IBA). LexisNexis is a global publisher of print and electronic resources related to law and legal services, and a first-party web publisher for purposes of the DAA Self-Regulatory Principles.

New York, NY – January 4, 2024 – The National Advertising Division (NAD) determined that ZenBusiness provided a reasonable basis for certain claims for its business services platform, but recommended that ZenBusiness discontinue or modify other challenged claims.