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Is it illegal to make a truthful statement about a fictitious ingredient?
Is it illegal to sell a breast pump that I got for free from insurance?Is lying/faking income for loans illegal?Is it illegal for a competitor to place fraudulent orders on an e-commerce site?Is it illegal to supply a false address to a bank?Is it illegal to raise money for a project, if no such project is ever expected?Can Amazon ask for my credit card statement?Is it legal to deliberately misrepresent the US. legal system for your own benefit?In the US: Would it be illegal (maybe fraud) for a musician to fake their own death?Is it illegal to influence an on-line poll by creating false responses?
Let's say that a company is selling a moisturizing cream with the "stuffase-free" marketing argument on its face label.
The cream indeed doesn't contains stuffase, but the label is implicitly implying that:
- other creams may contain stuffase (which is false in most cases)
- stuffase is bad for your health (which is either false or true but irrelevant since it is not found anywhere)
This question applies for following variations:
- stuffase doesn't even exist,
- stuffase exists but its effect on health is currently unknown,
- stuffase exists but is thought to be safe for most humans' health
Since nothing is explicitely false in this speech, I'm wondering, is it illegal somewhere (World/Europe/France/US)?
fraud
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Let's say that a company is selling a moisturizing cream with the "stuffase-free" marketing argument on its face label.
The cream indeed doesn't contains stuffase, but the label is implicitly implying that:
- other creams may contain stuffase (which is false in most cases)
- stuffase is bad for your health (which is either false or true but irrelevant since it is not found anywhere)
This question applies for following variations:
- stuffase doesn't even exist,
- stuffase exists but its effect on health is currently unknown,
- stuffase exists but is thought to be safe for most humans' health
Since nothing is explicitely false in this speech, I'm wondering, is it illegal somewhere (World/Europe/France/US)?
fraud
Your obligatory TVTropes link: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AsbestosFreeCereal
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2 hours ago
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Let's say that a company is selling a moisturizing cream with the "stuffase-free" marketing argument on its face label.
The cream indeed doesn't contains stuffase, but the label is implicitly implying that:
- other creams may contain stuffase (which is false in most cases)
- stuffase is bad for your health (which is either false or true but irrelevant since it is not found anywhere)
This question applies for following variations:
- stuffase doesn't even exist,
- stuffase exists but its effect on health is currently unknown,
- stuffase exists but is thought to be safe for most humans' health
Since nothing is explicitely false in this speech, I'm wondering, is it illegal somewhere (World/Europe/France/US)?
fraud
Let's say that a company is selling a moisturizing cream with the "stuffase-free" marketing argument on its face label.
The cream indeed doesn't contains stuffase, but the label is implicitly implying that:
- other creams may contain stuffase (which is false in most cases)
- stuffase is bad for your health (which is either false or true but irrelevant since it is not found anywhere)
This question applies for following variations:
- stuffase doesn't even exist,
- stuffase exists but its effect on health is currently unknown,
- stuffase exists but is thought to be safe for most humans' health
Since nothing is explicitely false in this speech, I'm wondering, is it illegal somewhere (World/Europe/France/US)?
fraud
fraud
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Your obligatory TVTropes link: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AsbestosFreeCereal
– pboss3010
2 hours ago
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Your obligatory TVTropes link: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AsbestosFreeCereal
– pboss3010
2 hours ago
Your obligatory TVTropes link: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AsbestosFreeCereal
– pboss3010
2 hours ago
Your obligatory TVTropes link: tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AsbestosFreeCereal
– pboss3010
2 hours ago
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