Google and iHeart media played a deceptive radio ad for the Pixel 4 series 29,000 in 2019 and 2020 and the FTC is suing both firms.
promoting the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL. Google had signed deals with media companies to promote its new handsets including iHeartMedia, to record and broadcast advertisements in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, Texas markets.The problem is thatwanted radio personalities to give their first-hand experience with the Pixel 4 line even though the phones had yet to be released. And when iHeartMedia asked Google to give a Pixel 4 to each of its on-air talent involved in the promotion, Google refused.
The FTC says that the proposed order will prohibit Google from misrepresenting that the person endorsing a product has owned or used, or about their experience with, certain products. It also will prohibit iHeartMedia from misrepresenting that an employee promoting a product has owned or used, or about their experience with, any consumer product or service.
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