The FTC and seven US states settle with Google and iHeartMedia, requiring the companies to pay $9.4M for allegedly paying radio hosts for deceptive Pixel 4 ads
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- FTC, 7 states settle with Google and iHeartMedia over misleading ads Associated Press
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Discussion
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@newyorkstateag
Ny Ag
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.@Google and @iHeartMedia paid radio personalities to promote the Google Pixel 4 over 23,000 times, despite never using the phone. False advertising to turn a profit is illegal: we're forcing @Google and @iHeartMedia to pay $9.4 million for their fraud.
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@agrobbonta
Rob Bonta
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We secured a settlement against @Google and @iHeartMedia for false advertising. Google took a shortcut when it paid DJs to endorse a phone they hadn't used. Now it's paying the price. I won't stand by when consumers spend their money based on a lie. https://oag.ca.gov/...
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@maryroyal4e
Mary E. Royal
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@NewYorkStateAG ... Google and Apple add up permanent apps that we don't need, take space and data,force to update and slowing down the functionality of the phone... We should be able to choose our apps according to our needs and not theirs.
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@hwks4life
@hwks4life
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@Maryroyal4E ... ummm i can pretty much delete any app on my iphone, google not so much
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@ftc
@ftc
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Google, iHeartMedia are prohibited from misrepresenting endorsements, required to pay a total of $9.4 million in penalties to the FTC's state partners (Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, and Texas), as part of the proposed orders.