The Federal Trade Commission will require Cox Media Group $(CMG)$ and two smaller marketing firms to pay a total of $930,000 to settle allegations they deceived customers by falsely claiming to offer an AI-powered service that could target localized ads based on conversations captured from consumers' smart devices and that consumers had opted into such targeting.
View Press Release: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/05/ftc-require-cox-media-group-two-other-firms-pay-nearly-1-million-settle-charges-they-deceived
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May 21, 2026 13:33 ET (17:33 GMT)
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