5 d. ago Trainline ad banned after ‘misleading’ claims about its train ticket prices

The company’s TV and radio adverts breached broadcasting rules

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5 d. ago Scottish complaint against Trainline ads' 'misleading' claim over cheapest rail fares upheld

Advertising Standards Authority said the online ticket retailer could not substantiate its claims.

Economics

5 d. ago Rail ticket price claims in Trainline ads were ‘misleading’ – watchdog

The Advertising Standards Authority ruled TV and radio ads for the retailer breached broadcasting rules.

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7 d. ago Trump says he wants ‘Department of War’ instead of defense department – US politics live

US president floats idea several times on Monday; Trump threatens again to send troops to Democratic-run cities amid misleading claim on crime in ‘red cities’National guard start carrying firearms in DC as Trump says Chicago may be nextThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the $282m LA county contract into the slush funds in 2019 but did not say if anyone actually received bribes from the county’s money at that point. Continue reading...

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1 week ago FACT FOCUS: A look at RFK Jr.'s misleading claims on US dietary guidelines and Froot Loops

The Trump administration is preparing to release new federal dietary guidelines, as is done every five years

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1 week ago Lloyds ad banned amid 'misleading' £19.5bn social housing claim

The lender's advert in The Times featured a photo of a large black horse galloping past new homes with building work underway.

Economics

3 w. ago Parents struggling with inflated baby formula prices and misleading health claims

One MP said firms are also ‘exploiting a legal loophole’ to circumvent rules about the advertising of formula

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3 w. ago Major fashion brand slammed with €1m fine for greenwashing practices in back

The online fast fashion retailer, Shein, has been fined by Italy's antirust authority AGCM for "misleading or omissive" environmental claims only one month after a hefty fine from French regulators

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3 w. ago Hulk Hogan's widow blasts 'misleading stories' after his daughter Brooke pushes Scientology and cremation conspiracy theories

Hulk Hogan's widow hits back at 'misleading stories' after his daughter Brooke's shocking Scientology claim, coming after a longtime controversial radio personality gave his thoughts.

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3 w. ago FACT FOCUS: RFK Jr.'s reasons for cutting mRNA vaccine not supported by evidence

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F

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3 w. ago Two more ads banned over ‘misleading’ government funding claim

The Advertising Standards Authority found the ads from Aira and EDF Energy were ‘likely to mislead’ customers

Politics

4 w. ago Shein fined €1m in Italy for misleading environmental claims about products

Chinese fast fashion retailer penalised month after €40m fine from French regulator in JulyThe Italian authorities have fined Shein €1m (£870,000) for making “misleading or omissive” environmental claims about its products, the second time in as many months the Chinese fashion retailer has been targeted by European regulators.Environmental sustainability and social responsibility messages on Shein’s website were in some cases “vague, generic, and/or overly emphatic” and in others were “misleading or omissive”, said Italy’s competition authority, AGCM. Continue reading...

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