Two Fast-Track SWIFT Cases Close in October, One Voluntary Discontinuation of Claim and One Administrative Closure
DISH Network Wireless challenged a T-Mobile comparative advertising claim with Boost Mobile.
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New York, NY – November 23, 2020 – The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs, in a Fast-Track SWIFT challenge brought by DISH Network Wireless, L.L.C., reviewed an online map depicting the Metro by T-Mobile wireless network as having superior national network coverage compared to the Boost Mobile from DISH wireless network. During the pendency of the challenge, Metro by T-Mobile voluntarily modified its map to depict identical national wireless network coverage.
NAD Fast-Track SWIFT is an expedited process designed for single-issue digital advertising cases. This case was appropriate for the NAD Fast-Track SWIFT process because the issue was limited to whether the advertiser had a reasonable basis for its claim that its Metro by T-Mobile wireless network has superior national coverage over the Boost Mobile network. NAD’s decision noted that the advertiser voluntarily discontinued superior coverage claims and did not submit evidence to support those claims.
The second SWIFT challenge, brought by one maker of personal care products versus another, was closed by consent of the parties. In administrative closures, the details of the challenge are not disclosed.
NAD is now accepting three types of claims for consideration in the streamlined SWIFT process:
- The prominence and sufficiency of disclosures in influencer marketing and native advertising;
- Misleading pricing and sales claims; and
- Misleading express claims that do not require review of complex evidence or substantiation.
Learn more about the NAD Fast-Track SWIFT challenge process and how to file a challenge.
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