CELEBRITY LAWSUIT CALLS TIKTOK ‘BREEDING GROUND FOR SCAMS’
ARE THE ADS YOU SEE REAL OR FAKE?
Imagine you’re scrolling through your social media feed when an ad pops up starring one of your favorite celebrities. Maybe it’s quarterback Tom Brady talking about his favorite brand of beer or actress Julia Roberts showing off her new shoes.
If you use TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook, Frankel’s story should serve as a warning: The ads you see sliding by on your smartphone screen may not be legitimate. To protect yourself from scammers, take these three steps. 1. Go to the source for celebrity endorsements. Visit the celebrity’s official social media page and/or website. Any products they’re advertising should be visible there. 2. Avoid in-app purchases. It’s easy to buy products on Instagram with a single click — but should you? To avoid scams, leave the app and visit the company’s official website to ensure you’re purchasing the real thing. 3. Look for signs of photoshopping, editing, and manipulation. Does the celebrity’s face look tacked onto another person’s body, or does their phrasing sound broken and clipped together? Is the celebrity sponsoring the ad, or is the brand just using their name (perhaps misspelled) for cachet? Look for these signs before you buy. Ultimately, when buying online, just remember to think before you click. Skepticism is a TikTok user’s best friend.
You’re intrigued enough to buy the product. But when it arrives, your jaw drops. This isn’t the hottest new luxury item! It’s just a cheap knockoff of Budweiser or Jimmy Choo. How would you feel about your celebrity “friend”? According to Page Six, this exact situation happened to fans of “Real Housewives of New York City” actress and Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel. A scam artist stole clips of her promoting a designer product and edited them, making it appear as if she were selling knockoff cardigans. Frankel posted her own video decrying the scammer, only to watch TikTok remove it for “abusive content.” In a last-ditch attempt to protect her reputation, she sued the platform for failing to protect her reputation and allowing users to post fake ads, calling it “a breeding ground for scams.”
WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU Thanks for Joining Us at Fun Spot America!
We recently held our annual event at Fun Spot America, where we showed our appreciation and gratitude for our clients. It’s an event we’ve hosted for a few years now, and it always been a great success for everyone involved because it’s a day filled with laughs, smiles, rides, and plenty of fun. If you attended our event this year, we hope you enjoyed yourself and had an amazing time unwinding and relaxing in such an exhilarating setting. For 24 years, our clients have trusted us to fight for them in court. We’ve been able to help countless individuals from our area, and through your support, we’ll be able to continue helping more people for years to come. We’re grateful to each and every one of you for choosing and supporting us. We wouldn’t be where we are today without your help, and hopefully, we’ve been able to help you as well. So, this day was all about you, our clients, and how we could give back to you for supporting us throughout the year. We all need some extra time to enjoy ourselves, so we hope you took full advantage of this event. We’ve been fortunate enough to have had some incredibly successful events at Fun Spot America, and this year’s occasion was no different. We sold out and reconnected with many of you as you went on all
sorts of rides, tried the food, and had tons of fun. We truly hope you enjoyed yourself and hope to see you again next year.
Thank you, Fun Spot America, for your partnership in this event. Every year, you help ensure that this event runs as smoothly as possible!
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Everyone enjoyed our celebration at Fun Spot America!
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