How the Passport Courier Industry Deceives Consumers We are calling on regulators to crack down on rampant deceptive marketing among registered couriers. truthinadvertising.org/artic…

‘Wildwood’ Ads Pulled from Kid-Friendly Roblox Game Following Our Inquiry truthinadvertising.org/artic…

How the Passport Courier Industry Deceives Consumers We are calling on regulators to crack down on rampant deceptive marketing among registered couriers. truthinadvertising.org/artic…

According to a prominent banner ad on Athleta’s website, the athleisure brand is almost giving away clothing. But a careful read of the fall sale's terms leaves much to be desired. truthinadvertising.org/artic…

FDA requires that ALL contact lenses be prescribed by a doctor and states that anyone who sells contact lenses without a valid prescription is violating the law. Is that why Amazon sellers label their prohibited products as “storage kits” or “cases?” truthinadvertising.org/artic…

FDA requires that ALL contact lenses be prescribed by a doctor and states that anyone who sells contact lenses without a valid prescription is violating the law. Is that why Amazon sellers label their prohibited products as “storage kits” or “cases?” truthinadvertising.org/artic…

Pennsylvania Now Requires Labels on AI-Made Ads That Could Mislead Shoppers The AI Deceptive Advertising Act, signed Oct 22, takes effect Dec 21. It covers AI images, video and audio in ads, not text-only ads, and fines are capped at $3,000 per case. medium.com/@modeldexnews/pen…

The Hottest New Side Hustle Is Stripping Copper Wire and Posting About It Copper prices are at record highs, but for TikTok creators, the real money may be in teaching others how to strip wire—and selling them the tools to do it. wired.com/story/the-hottest-…

Updated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising Turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data for ad targeting. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026…

Scam Victims Leave Gold in Forest in Growing Norwegian Fraud Scammers in one of the world’s richest countries have a brazen new tactic: persuading people to hide gold in forests and other public places so it can be collected for safekeeping. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Romance Scammers Turned a Texas Man Into an Unwitting Money Mule He fell for a beautiful woman online then found himself laundering cash for an international crime ring. ‘It wasn’t love toward the end.’ wsj.com/us-news/romance-scam…

EU Investigates Booking dot Com Over Fake Listing, Phishing Scam Risks It also looking at how reservation and guest data is shared with accommodation providers wsj.com/tech/eu-investigates…

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion for Deceiving Users on Privacy The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy. nytimes.com/2026/10/21/techn…

Students at an A.I. School Were Supposed to Learn Faster. Many Aren’t. Alpha School, a private network, is spreading into public education. While its students’ test scores are high, some parents and educators say it doesn’t live up to the hype. nytimes.com/2026/10/23/us/al…

$137 Million Has Been Spent on AI-Generated Ads Ahead of Midterms. Only 27% Included a Disclaimer U.S. political ads have officially entered their AI slop era. gizmodo.com/137-million-has-…

Targeted ads delivered 0-click exploits to install mercenary malware The incident is likely 1st confirmation of mercenary spyware delivered by targeted ads. arstechnica.com/security/202…

M.L.B. Playoff Ads With Sydney Sweeney and Megan Fox Draw Pushback Commercials promoting a gambling platform and endorsing male enhancement have rankled fans, and even athletes. Who is in charge? nytimes.com/2026/10/16/busin…

‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads Researchers at The Citizen Lab have for the first time released technical evidence of sophisticated mercenary spyware being distributed via online advertising. wired.com/story/nightmare-sc…

Martin Shkreli - the ex-pharmaceutical executive infamous for illegally hiking the price of a lifesaving anti-parasitic drug by more than 4,000 percent - livestreamed himself violating lifetime pharma ban, FTC says arstechnica.com/health/2026/…

AI's Supercharging a Scam Economy Bigger Than the Cocaine Trade As the Chinese scam industry spreads beyond Asia’s fortified compounds, it’s become cheaper and easier to run — thanks to AI — and harder to kill. bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-…