News tagged with misleading advertising

Google loses Australian advert cases

Internet giant Google was Tuesday found guilty of false and misleading advertising in Australia after a court upheld an appeal by the country's competition regulator.

Technology / Business

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Critical thinking: How do children learn who to trust?

A UT Dallas researcher is examining how children evaluate information to solve problems and learn how to think critically, with the aim of combating misleading advertising aimed at young people.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Learning from experience? Multisensory tools create discerning wine lovers

Wine aficionados are better able to resist misleading advertising if they are provided with accurate sensory descriptors, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 18, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

EU cracks down on 'cheating' electronics e-traders

More than half of all websites selling goods such as game consoles and digital cameras face closure or heavy fines for trying to "cheat" consumers, the European Union warned on Wednesday.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 4