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Cookie, Crumbled: FTC complaints about the Girl Scouts
Federal Trade Commission complaints about the Girl Scouts of the United States of America are littered with scammed parents and children, unreceived patches, cookie order issues, and botched field trips to Disney World.
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This week’s FOIA round-up: Trump’s acting attorney general linked to scam business, FOIA weaponized by corporations, and surveillance footage exposes police abuse in Indiana
In this week’s FOIA round-up, public records reveal the shady associations of President Donald Trump’s newly-appointed acting attorney general, tax preparation companies use FOIA to target a university professor, and surveillance video tells the story of police abuse in Indiana.
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Man demands a federal investigation into BuzzFeed and Tinder because a college student wouldn’t send nudes
Among the various kinds of romance scams found in the Federal Trade Commission’s database of Tinder complaints, one man ventured to fight back in the name of the app’s thirstiest men.
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The People Versus Mario: The FTC’s forgotten investigation into Nintendo
From the late ’80s to the early ’90s, Nintendo dominated the video game market with its now-iconic console, the Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo’s incredible success earned it the ire of competitors, legislators, and regulators who believed the company built its business on unfair - and illegal - practices like price fixing.
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Gotta kvetch ‘em all! Pokemon GO FTC complaints
FTC complaints released to Robert Delaware regarding the uber-popular augmented reality game Pokemon GO run the gamut from allegations of fraud, to concerns about privacy, all the way to full-on “these pokemons are going to kill us all” hysteria.
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FTC complaints accuse Coursera of illegal business practices, violating SPAM law
Documents provided by the Federal Trade Commission detail nine complaints made about Coursera, several of which allege borderline or outright illegal policies implemented by the firm described as an “educational technology company that offers massive open online courses”
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Worse romance: Online dating scam complaints
First comes love, then comes your routing number, then comes the FTC with the FTC investigation.
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Airbnb FTC complaints cite fake postings and shoddy host-guest mediation
Airbnb users and hosts have submitted 38 complaints to the Federal Trade Commission since the company’s founding in August 2008. Gripes ranged from inaccurate advertising
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Infringe, violate, defame: Scribd does it all, according to FTC complaints
Complaints submitted to the Federal Trade Commission against Scribd allege everything from copyright violation to conspiracy.
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Bad romance: Online dating complaints
About half of all complaints involve allegations of what the FTC calls “romance scams,” in which online con artists swindled hundreds or thousands of dollars from naive lonelyhearts.