‘Widely recyled’ labels on pre-packed sandwiches are ‘misleading’ because the boxes have a plastic lining, says TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Sandwich packaging may be highly exacerbating the plastic waste problem Labels on boxes claiming they are ‘widely recycled’ are ‘wholly misleading’ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall found that many packets had a plastic lining By Xantha Leatham For The … Read more
‘Widely recyled’ labels on pre-packed sandwiched are ‘misleading’ because the boxes have a plastic lining, says TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Sandwich packaging may be highly exacerbating the plastic waste problem Labels on boxes claiming they are ‘widely recycled’ are ‘wholly misleading’ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall found that many packets had a plastic lining By Xantha Leatham For The … Read more
Furious customers blast Aldi for ‘misleading’ advertising after discovering toy sandpit is not much bigger than an adult’s hand Parents posted pictures of the tiny sandpit slamming Aldi for misrepresenting it Some saw the funny side and joked that their kids had ‘suddenly become giants’ Aldi has already offered several customers refunds on social media … Read more
Twitter has revealed it is expecting a $250 million (£192 million) fine from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for misleading users over the use of their data. The social media giant used phone numbers and emails for targeted advertising between 2013 and 2019, the FTC alleges. Twitter had already admitted to email addresses and phone … Read more
The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week topics tackled include ‘misleading’ adverts for Wizz Air flights to Bulgaria, arranging refunds for Interrail passes, re-booking cancelled Ryanair flights and accepting Refund Credit Notes from Tui. Q. I received a Wizz Air promo email saying ‘Bulgaria is open’ and advertising 20 … Read more
Investors have demanded to know how failed mini-bond firm Basset & Gold’s potentially misleading adverts slipped the net, despite rules meaning they should have been checked. After the West Ham shirt sleeve sponsor became the latest mini-bond firm to go bust and lose 1,800 ordinary investors £36million, there is pressure on financial authorities to unpick … Read more
Donald Trump demanded Wednesday that social media platforms ‘clean up your act’ as he warned his administration will begin to regulate and even shutter such websites after Twitter, for the first time ever, fact-checked his tweets. He lamented in the Twitter thread that conservatives are being silenced and disproportionately regulated on social media websites like … Read more
President Trump got fact-checked by Twitter for suggesting that California’s mail-in balloting initiative would lead to substantial voter fraud in the November general election. ‘There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent. Mail boxes will be robbed, ballots will be forged & even illegally printed out & fraudulently signed,’ Trump … Read more
Amazon accused of misleading watchdog over Deliveroo buy-up by claiming it will take a hit from Covid-19 when it’s really getting a boost By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 21 May 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 21 May 2020 Amazon has been accused of peddling ‘patently false’ information to boost its … Read more
More than a quarter of the most-viewed English-language COVID-19 videos on YouTube ‘contain fake or misleading information’, a study has revealed. Experts warned that fake news about COVID-19 is reaching far more people than in any previous pandemic — with the potential to cause serious harm. Good quality, accurate information put out by government bodies … Read more