United States of America: Ruling in lawsuit against Google and iHeartMedia in deceptive endorsements
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Ruling in lawsuit against Google and iHeartMedia in deceptive endorsements
On 9 February 2023, the Federal Trade Commission approved the final consent orders against Google LLC and iHeartMedia Inc for deceptive endorsements of the Google Pixel 4 phone between 2019 and 2020. Google and iHeartMedia have been barred from incurring similar misrepresentations in the future, and separate state judgements have ordered fines totalling USD 9.4 million. Under the consent order, Google and iHeartMedia are required to file yearly compliance reports in the following 4 years and retain records for 10 years after. The consent orders were approved after a period of public comment from 1 December 2022 to 3 January 2023.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Other operating conditions
Policy Instrument
Fair marketing and advertising practice requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
technological consumer goods, software provider: other software
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
consumer protection authority
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2022-11-28
under deliberation
2022-12-01
in consultation
2023-01-03
in consultation